Heart Quote by Elif Shafak

“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

“She looked like a somewhat frightened and helpless woman, and yet he knew she was a deadly assassin. The same as he was. She…

— Lynn Raye Harris

“From the first, Istanbul had given him the impression of a town where, with the night, horror creeps out of the stones. It seemed…

— Ian Fleming

“She was in love with the Great Sultan of Kad. And this was no crush. It was as real as the sun rising each…

— Cate Rowan

“enchanted Turkish Delight and that anyone who had once tasted it would want more and more of it, and would even, if they were…

— C.S. Lewis

“She was in herself, like a woman near term, and did not think of the man, going on ahead, or the path, climbing upwards…

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“She was a dangerous, dangerous girl. A plague. A Mountain of Adamant who tore the iron from ships, sinking them to their watery graves…

— Renee Ahdieh

“She survived the attack, but a part of her died that night—and something else was born.”

— Jon Athan

“There was a hollow in her chest, but at the bottom of this emptiness a heavy weight pressed down and bruised her stomach, so…

— Carson McCullers

“I was acutely aware of her dying, so much so that it seemed to me the air itself was dangerous to breathe, for each…

— Random House Canada

“Her despair grew so great that it burst her breast open and like a bird of fire shattered the stone and broke out into…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Each word plunged a knife into her body and spirit, crushed her with the burden of who she was.”

— Sarah sundin