246 Quotes by Elif Shafak

عرفتُ أُناسًا قد يصابون بالجنون لو تُركوا وحدهم لساعات طويلة.أما أنا، فكان الأمرُ عندى على عكس ذلك تمامًا.قد أُصابُ بالجنون لو كان على مُرافقة أناس لوقت مديد. سأفتقد عُزلتى.

Turkey has a very young, dynamic, curious population. In Europe, Facebook and Twitter are mostly about sharing daily experiences while for Turkish people, social networks are political platforms.

Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.

Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.

Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.

How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.

I hunt everywhere for a life worth living and a knowledge worth knowing. Having roots nowhere, I have everywhere to go.

Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge.