246 Quotes by Elif Shafak

لا يمسي المكتئبون في مكان آخر و حسب، بل حتي علاقتهم بالوقت تصبح مشوهة. لا يرتب الاكتئاب سوي قطعة واحدة من الوقت: الماضيز ولا يبدأ الحديث سوي بمفتتح واحد: ماذا لو؟اتصال المكتئبين بالحاضر ضعيف، انهم يعيشون بشكل متصل في ذكرياتهم ،يحيون كل ما جاء و رحل . مثل فأر يركض داخل دولاب دوار ، أو ثعبان ابتلع زيله، انهم عالقون في دائرة من الأسي.

It is so demanding to be born into a house full of women, where everyone loves you so overwhelmingly that they end up suffocating with their love; a house where you, as the only child, have to be more mature than all the adults around....But the problem is that they want me to become everything they themselves couldn't accomplish in life.....As a result, I had to work my butt off to fulfill all their dreams at the same time.

People who would refuse to share their bread shared their insanity instead.-Three Daughters of Eve

Toi et la République, vous êtes arrivées dans ma vie en même temps, alors que je vous attendais désespérément.

If you carry a sword, you obey the sword, not the other way round. Nobody can hold a weapon and keep their hands clear of blood at the same time.

Anyone can kill. But not everyone can kill a stranger in cold blood.That is where I enter the picture.The Killer

The past is nothing but a shackle we need to get rid of. Such an excruciating burden. If only I could have no past - you know, if only I could be a nobody, start from point zero and just remain there forever. As light as a feather...

Адът е тук и сега. Раят също. Престани да се плашиш от ада и да мечтаеш за рая, защото и едното, и другото е заложено в настоящия миг. Всеки път, когато се влюбим, се въздигаме в рая. Всеки път, когато мразим, завиждаме или се опълчваме срещу някого, падаме право в адския огън.

Put in my place by these words, I jumped to my feet and bowed before the peasant. How could I, a minor element in God's vast circle of creation, belittle another element in the circle, be it an animal or a human being? "I apologize to you and your ox," I said. "Please forgive me.