“Love is only a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away.” — Elif Shafak Love Copy Share Image
“If you don't know what to do with an answer, don't ask the question.” — Elif Shafak Answer Copy Share Image
“The civilized world is ahead of us; we have no choice but to catch up.” — Elif Shafak Ahead Copy Share Image
“There were many legends about these rocks and behind every legend a story of forbidden love.” — Elif Shafak Forbidden love Copy Share Image
“England has a peculiar way of making foreigners feel exhilaratingly free and depressingly alone.” — Elif Shafak England Copy Share Image
“Joka kuvittelee tietävänsä kaikki vastaukset, on kaikkein tietämättömin.” — Elif Shafak Mint Copy Share Image
“She left her breast behind, the breast that covered her heart. And walked away.” — Elif Shafak Walked away 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 Adventure Copy Share Image
“Invisible strands of solidarity threaded among strangers who, upon finding out they shared the same religion or nationality, developed an instant affinity.” — Elif Shafak Religion 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 Emotionally Copy Share Image
“how both Armenian and Turkish stories tended to start with the same preamble: Once there was, once there wasn’t …” — Elif Shafak Armenian Copy Share Image
“In general, one shouldn't be too rigid about anything because "to live meant to constantly shift colours.” — Elif Shafak Constantly Copy Share Image
“Readying for prayer was like shoving into a cupboard all the junk and clutter, before God came to visit the house of… — Elif Shafak Cupboard Copy Share Image
“In this state I roam east and west, searching for God high and low. I hunrt everywhere for a life worth living… — Elif Shafak East and west 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 Companions Copy Share Image
“Certainty was to curiosity what the sun was to the wings of Icarus. Where one shone forcefully, the other couldn't survive. With… — Elif Shafak Belief Copy Share Image
“Different subjects required different sitting arrangements, Azur explained. For politics, scattered and amorphous; for sociology, a neat triangle; for statistics, a rectangle;… — Elif Shafak Different subjects Copy Share Image
“That, too, was one of his rules: Most of the problems of the world stem from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don’t… — Elif Shafak Face value Copy Share Image
“This he had noticed while doing his military service back in Turkey. When more than three people slept in a narrow place,… — Elif Shafak Breaths 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 Fall in love Copy Share Image
“East, west, south, or north makes little difference. No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey a journey… — Elif Shafak Destination Copy Share Image
“As for women, whether they know it or not, they are name nomads. Their surnames are here today, gone tomorrow. Throughout their… — Elif Shafak Different ways Copy Share Image
“Each time I say good-bye to a place I like, I feel like I am leaving a part of me behind. I… — Elif Shafak Death Copy Share Image
“In the Ottoman times, there were itinerant storytellers called "meddah. " They would go to coffee houses, where they would tell a… — Elif Shafak Elif-shafak Copy Share Image
“Shams of Tabriz Befuddled believer! If every Ramadan one fasts in the name of God and every Eid one sacrifices a sheep… — Elif Shafak Think God Copy Share Image
“Peri disliked these dinner parties, which went on late into the night and often left her with a migraine the next day.… — Elif Shafak Istanbul Copy Share Image
“Pity the fool who thinks the boundaries of his mortal mind are the boundaries of God the Almighty. Pity the ignorant who… — Elif Shafak Death Copy Share Image
“Ironically, [living in] communities of the like - minded is one of the greatest dangers of today ́s globalized world. And it… — Elif Shafak Community Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of cities in the world: those that reassure their residents that tomorrow and the day after, and the… — Elif Shafak Breaking news Copy Share Image
“It happened all the time in this city that encompassed seven hills, two continents, three seas and fifteen million mouths. It happened… — Elif Shafak Behind closed doors 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 Love Copy Share Image