“Little did she know that this was going to be not just any book, but the book that changed her life. In… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Busbecq believed there were two blessings in life: books and friends. And that they should be possessed in inverse quantities: many books,… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“One would expect writers and artists to understand one another better than anyone else and to be more appreciative of one another’s… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Though books were potentially harmful, novels were all the more dangerous. The path of fiction could easily mislead you into the cosmos… — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
