--- title: "1 Change Books Quotes By Elif Safak" description: "1 Change Books quotes by Elif Safak. Plus more from Elif Safak and more Change Books sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/elif-safak-8931_because_books-change-us-books-save-us-i-know-thi_1543192.png" --- > [Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/books-change-us-books-save-us-i-know-this-because-it-happened-to-me/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/elif-safak-8931_because_books-change-us-books-save-us-i-know-thi_1543192.png) ## More by Elif Safak > [Turkey is a complex country. Most readers are women, of all generations, and they are passionate about books. However, the written culture is mostly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/turkey-is-a-complex-country-most-readers-are-women-of-all-generations/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [I spent my entire childhood observing people. I still do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/i-spent-my-entire-childhood-observing-people-i-still-do/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [With 'The Forty Rules of Love,' I wanted to write a love story. But I wanted a love story with a spiritual dimension. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/with-the-forty-rules-of-love-i-wanted-to-write-a-love-story-but-i/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Writing is a tribute to solitude. It is choosing introversion over extroversion, lonely hours/days/weeks/years over fun and sociability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/writing-is-a-tribute-to-solitude-it-is-choosing-introversion-over/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Submission does not mean being weak or passive. It leads to neither fatalism nor capitulation. Just the opposite. True power resides in submission. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/submission-does-not-mean-being-weak-or-passive-it-leads-to-neither/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [The lack of trust in supranational entities and cosmopolitan elite creates a fertile ground for tribalist belongings and reactionary politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/the-lack-of-trust-in-supranational-entities-and-cosmopolitan-elite/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [In a normal democracy, you protect the individual from the excessive power of the state. In Turkey, power elites try to protect the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/in-a-normal-democracy-you-protect-the-individual-from-the-excessive/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Obviously, Turkey is not a typical authoritarian regime, and obviously it's very important that there are free elections. But it's also obvious that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/obviously-turkey-is-not-a-typical-authoritarian-regime-and-obviously/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Feminists are now being vilified in politics, erdogan used to speak more embracingly, saying he was the leader of everyone, whether they voted for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/feminists-are-now-being-vilified-in-politics-erdogan-used-to-speak/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [We're born into a certain family, nation, class. But if we have no connection whatsoever with the worlds beyond the one we take for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/we-re-born-into-a-certain-family-nation-class-but-if-we-have-no/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [I write my novels in English first; then they are translated into Turkish by professional translators. Then I take their translation and rewrite. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/i-write-my-novels-in-english-first-then-they-are-translated-into/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [For me, coming from the women's movement, politics is not just about parties and parliament. There is politics in our private space and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/for-me-coming-from-the-women-s-movement-politics-is-not-just-about/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates himself or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/there-are-two-different-ways-of-writing-a-novel-the-first-i-call-the/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Sometimes I feel I have more faith in European ideals than some of my British or French friends. For them, it's a financial burden.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/sometimes-i-feel-i-have-more-faith-in-european-ideals-than-some-of-my/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) > [Almost half of the Turkish population believes it is not legitimate to criticize the government. Interestingly, this correlates with the number of supporters of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-safak/almost-half-of-the-turkish-population-believes-it-is-not-legitimate/) [Elif Safak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-safak/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change-books/elif-safak/#itemlist", "name": "1 Change Books Quotes By Elif Safak", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. 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