“You say you are ready to deliver your knowledge to another person. You want to hold the Truth in your palm as if it were a precious pearl and offer it to someone special. But opening up someone's heart to… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Od nje je naučio dvije osnovne stvari o ljubavi: prvo, da je, za razliku od onoga što romantici tako naduto tvrde, ljubav više postupan… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“Why roots were rated so highly compared with branches or leaves, Peri had never understood. Trees had multiple shoots and filaments extending in every… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“How could they be so certain of the superiority of their truths when they knew so little, if anything at all, about other cultures,… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“When you master a language, you are given the key to a castle. What you’ll find inside depends on you.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“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… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“England has a peculiar way of making foreigners feel exhilaratingly free and depressingly alone.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“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… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“It had just hit her why and how people could fall in love with Istanbul, in spite of all the sorrow it might cause… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“Inside, I found three things: a silver mirror, a silk handkerchief, and a glass flask of ointment. These items will help you on your… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“level, they use this as a poor excuse to disregard the rules of the sharia. Drinking, dancing, music, poetry, and painting” — Elif Shafak Copy Share
“In many parts of the world you were what you said and what you did and, also, what you read; in Turkey, as in… — Elif Shafak Copy Share
