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> [“In this state I roam east and west, searching for God high and low. I hunrt everywhere for a life worth living and a knowledge worth knowing. Having roots nowhere, I have everywhere to go.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/in-this-state-i-roam-east-and-west-searching-for-god-high-and-low-i/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

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> [ “Ironically, \[living in\] communities of the like - minded is one of the greatest dangers of today ́s globalized world. And it ́s happening everywhere, among liberals and conservatives, agnostics and believers, the rich and the poor, East and West… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/ironically-living-in-communities-of-the-like-minded-is-one-of-the/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

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## Other authors on East and west

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rudyard-kipling-81668.jpg) Rudyard Kipling 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/east-and-west/rudyard-kipling/)

## More by Elif Shafak

> [“Od nje je naučio dvije osnovne stvari o ljubavi: prvo, da je, za razliku od onoga što romantici tako naduto tvrde, ljubav više postupan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/od-nje-je-nau-io-dvije-osnovne-stvari-o-ljubavi-prvo-da-je-za-razliku/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“Why roots were rated so highly compared with branches or leaves, Peri had never understood. Trees had multiple shoots and filaments extending in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/why-roots-were-rated-so-highly-compared-with-branches-or-leaves-peri/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“How could they be so certain of the superiority of their truths when they knew so little, if anything at all, about other cultures,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/how-could-they-be-so-certain-of-the-superiority-of-their-truths-when/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“When you master a language, you are given the key to a castle. What you’ll find inside depends on you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/when-you-master-a-language-you-are-given-the-key-to-a-castle-what-you/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“Her insanın erafında bir renk halesi vardır. Seninkini biliyor musun?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/her-insan-n-eraf-nda-bir-renk-halesi-vard-r-seninkini-biliyor-musun/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“I'm not one of those pious types who spend their whole lives hunched on prayer rugs while their eyes and hearts remain closed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/i-m-not-one-of-those-pious-types-who-spend-their-whole-lives-hunched/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“England has a peculiar way of making foreigners feel exhilaratingly free and depressingly alone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/england-has-a-peculiar-way-of-making-foreigners-feel-exhilaratingly/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“There are things so awful in this world that the good-hearted people, may Allah bless them all, have absolutely no idea of. And that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/there-are-things-so-awful-in-this-world-that-the-good-hearted-people/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“Irrationality is part of everyday rationale”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/irrationality-is-part-of-everyday-rationale/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“In love, boundaries are blurred.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/in-love-boundaries-are-blurred/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“It had just hit her why and how people could fall in love with Istanbul, in spite of all the sorrow it might cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/it-had-just-hit-her-why-and-how-people-could-fall-in-love-with/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“Inside, I found three things: a silver mirror, a silk handkerchief, and a glass flask of ointment. These items will help you on your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/inside-i-found-three-things-a-silver-mirror-a-silk-handkerchief-and-a/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“Talent is a favor of the divine. To perfect it one must work hard.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/talent-is-a-favor-of-the-divine-to-perfect-it-one-must-work-hard/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“level, they use this as a poor excuse to disregard the rules of the sharia. Drinking, dancing, music, poetry, and painting”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/level-they-use-this-as-a-poor-excuse-to-disregard-the-rules-of-the/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

> [“In many parts of the world you were what you said and what you did and, also, what you read; in Turkey, as in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elif-shafak/in-many-parts-of-the-world-you-were-what-you-said-and-what-you-did/)

[Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elif-shafak/)

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