246 Quotes by Elif Shafak

Yeah, we should all line up along the Bosphorus Bridge and puff as hard as we can to shove this city in the direction of the West. If that doesn't work, we'll try the other way, see if we can veer to the East. It's no good to be in between. International politics does not appreciate ambiguity.

Did she ever love me as much as much as I love her? I don't think so. But I know she did love me in her own self-centered and self-destructive way.

Does what we do in life matter so much? Or is it what we don't do that carries weight?....You build with wood, stone, iron. You also build with absence. Your master knows this well.

Sometimes, for the soul to thrive, the heart needs to be broken.

​Âdem ile Havva: Âdem ile Havva, yasak elmanın tadına varınca, farklılıklarını gördüler ilk defa. Utanıp incir yapraklarıyla örtmek istediler çıplaklıklarını. Ama birinde bir, ötekinde üç incir yaprağı vardı. Sayı saymayı da öğrenince, bir daha hiç aynı olamadılar.

Tu sais, le mot FIN n'apparaît jamais quand tu termines un livre. Ce n'est pas comme au cinéma. Quand je referme un roman, je n'ai pas l'impression d'avoir terminé quoi que ce soit, si bien que j'ai besoin d'en ouvrir un autre.

Elle était étrangère et, comme tous les étrangers, transportait avec elle l'ombre d'un ailleurs.

L'aube approche. Elle n'est plus qu'à quelques pas de cette zone étrange qui sépare la nuit du jour. Ce moment où il est encore possible de tirer du réconfort des rêves mais trop tard pour s'y replonger.

Tuga je lastavica'', odgovorio je starac. ''Jednog se dana probudiš i misliš da je otišla, ali samo je odletjela negdje drugdje i grije perje. Prije ili kasnije, vratit će se i ponovno ti se smjestiti u srce.