“Tragedy was a commodity like any other. it was meant to be consumed- individually and collectively.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Does what we do in life matter so much? Or is it what we don't do that carries weight?” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Talent is a favor of the divine. To perfect it one must work hard.” — Elif Shafak Miracles Copy Share Image
“One must walk the Earth with wonder, or it is full of miracles yet to be witnessed.” — Elif Shafak Earth 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 Copy Share Image
“When something needs to be said, I'll say it even if the whole world grabs me by the neck and tells me… — Elif Shafak Censorship Copy Share Image
“Religious people are so confident of having God by their side that they think they are superior to everyone else” — Elif Shafak Confidence Copy Share Image
“Things that can seem malicious or unfortunate are often a blessing in disguise, whereas things that might seem unpleasant can be harmful… — Elif Shafak Blessing in disguise Copy Share Image
“You dervishes are as crazy as rats in a pantry. Especially you wandering types. All day long you fast and pray and… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Peri understood and accepted that some daughters were born with a mission: to fulfill their fathers' dreams. In doing so, they would… — Elif Shafak Children Copy Share Image
“Three scents accompany my memories of this place: cut wood, poppy-seed bread, and the soft, crisp smell of snow.” — Elif Shafak Bread Copy Share Image
“Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process” — Elif Shafak End result 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 Companions Copy Share Image
“If a stone hits a river, the river will treat it as yet another commotion in its already tumultuous course. Nothing unusual.… — Elif Shafak Inspirational quotes Copy Share Image
“Put in my place by these words, I jumped to my feet and bowed before the peasant. How could I, a minor… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Motherlands are beloved, no doubt; sometimes they can also be exasperating and maddening.Yet I have also come to learn that for writers… — Elif Shafak Motherland Copy Share Image
“No matter what might pour down, no matter how heavy the cloudburst or how icy the sleet, you should never ever utter… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Intellect and love are made of different materials,” he said. “Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing, but love dissolves all… — Elif Shafak Intellect Copy Share Image
“Azur smiled as if he were expecting these answers and said, 'The Malady of Certainty.' Certainty was to curiosity what the sun… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your… — Elif Shafak Change Copy Share Image
“In truth, food (within reason, don't go overboard) and beverages (non-alcoholic, we need our brains sober) are encouraged- not only because they… — Elif Shafak Food Copy Share Image
“Hasan, the Begger: Believe it or not, they call this purgatory on earth “holy-suffering”. I am a leper stuck in limbo. Neither… — Elif Shafak Almost love Copy Share Image
“Before passing through the gates of a town I've never visited, I take a minute to salute its saints - the dead… — Elif Shafak Connection 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
“...why is it that, in creative writing courses today, the very first thing we teach students is write what you know? Perhaps… — Elif Shafak Creative writing 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.… — Elif Shafak Allah Copy Share Image
“إن كل إنسان عبارة عن كتاب مفتوح وكل واحد منا قران متنقل. إن البحث عن الله متأصل في قلوب الجميع سواء أكان… — Elif Shafak Books Copy Share Image
“By and large, the narrow-minded say that dancing is sacrilege. They think God gave us music—not only the music we make with… — Elif Shafak Dance 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 Greater love Copy Share Image
