“There were many legends about these rocks and behind every legend a story of forbidden love.” — Elif Shafak Forbidden love Copy Share Image
“Joka kuvittelee tietävänsä kaikki vastaukset, on kaikkein tietämättömin.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“England has a peculiar way of making foreigners feel exhilaratingly free and depressingly alone.” — Elif Shafak England Copy Share Image
“if you are unwilling to change, do not enter into philosophical arguments” — Elif Shafak Arguments Copy Share Image
“She left her breast behind, the breast that covered her heart. And walked away.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“There was something in the color white that resembled silence. Both were emptied of life.” — Elif Shafak Color white Copy Share Image
“Her insanın erafında bir renk halesi vardır. Seninkini biliyor musun?” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“An aura surrounds every living thing, an aura in a different colour each time. Do you know what colour is yours?” — Elif Shafak Aura Copy Share Image
“While some people were passionate believers and others passionate non-believers, she would always remain stuck in between” — Elif Shafak Non Believers Copy Share Image
“The past is a whirlpool. If you let it dominate your present moment, it will suck you in. Time is just an… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Someone who plants in your heart a lifetime of things so pleasant yet so minute you don’t realize how much you have… — Elif Shafak Lifetime Copy Share Image
“be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in… — Elif Shafak Flower Copy Share Image
“In the sheltered bosom of faith, one found the answers by letting go of the questions; one advanced by surrendering.” — Elif Shafak Faith 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 Love 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
“To her way of thinking, anyone who can't rise up and rebel, anyone devoid of the ability to dissent, cannot really be… — Elif Shafak Life 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 Art 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“...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
“Why did it have to be this way? Why did she not feel attracted to this boy, who was kind and personable,… — 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… — Elif Shafak Books 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
“Time, like a skilful tailor, had seamlessly stitched together the two fabrics that sheathed Peri’s life: what people thought of her and… — Elif Shafak Broken pieces 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 Copy Share Image
“geniuses think they’re not bound by the rules of common people.” — Elif Shafak Common people Copy Share Image
“Some cities you go to because you want to; some cities you go to because they want you to.” — Elif Shafak Cities Copy Share Image
“Whatever falls from the sky above, thou shall not curse it. That includes the rain” — Elif Shafak Rain 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 Blessings in life 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
“It was always like this. When you spoke the truth, they hated you. The more you talked about love, the more they… — Elif Shafak Bigotry 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
