“I'm not one of those pious types who spend their whole lives hunched on prayer rugs while their eyes and hearts remain… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“It had just hit her why and how people could fall in love with Istanbul, in spite of all the sorrow it… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Tell me, if you teach someone the alphabet, how can you stop him from reading? When one has tasted the elixir of… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“For despite what some people say, love is not a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away. In many ways… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Don't ask yourself what kind of love you should seek, spiritual or material, divine or mundane, Eastern or Western. Divisions only lead… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“One of the most notorious slogans of ultra-nationalism in Turkey has been ‘Either love it or leave it!’ It is meant to… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Never had it occurred to him that you could deceive the person you held dear. It was his first lesson in the… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“There were many words piled up inside my chest, stories waiting to be told. I wanted to hand all this knowledge to… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“There's something about love that resembles faith. It's kind of blind trust, isn't it? The sweetest euphoria. The magic of connecting with… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“There were many legends about these rocks and behind every legend a story of forbidden love.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“It is so demanding to be born into a house full of women, where everyone loves you so overwhelmingly that they end… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“rule no 13: the quest for love changes us. there is no seeker among those who search for love who has not… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“For despite what some people say, love is not only a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away. Her” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Faith is only a word if there is no love at its center, so flaccid and lifeless, vague and hollow - not… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Choose Love, Love! Without the sweet life of Love, living is a burden—as you have seen.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Let us choose one another as companions! Let us sit at each other's feet! Inwardly we have many harmonies - think not… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Intellect and love are made of two different materials. Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing, but love dissolves all tangles… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“How terrible it was to still be mentally and emotionally attached to someone from whom you have been physically separated.” — elif shafak Copy Share Image
“It was always like this. When you spoke the truth, they hated you. The more you talked about love, the more they… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“As I went through all these experiences, I began to compile a list that wasn't written down in any book, only inscribed… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“When I met you, Peri, I thought this girl doesn't know it but she carries the three passion of Bertrand Russel: the… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“Her insanın erafında bir renk halesi vardır. Seninkini biliyor musun?” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“England has a peculiar way of making foreigners feel exhilaratingly free and depressingly alone.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
