“What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!” PeopleIfsWayWritingDoeBookAbleJobsBeautifulFilmPathOughtPleaseLetting GoProjectsMy FriendsGuidesPursueSelfishnessForsakeInsisting Author:Elif Safak
“The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness.” IfsWorldMeanDoePastMovingLinesEternityInfiniteEndlessStraight LinesSpiralsProceedingTimelessnessInfinite Time Author:Elif Safak
“Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be so shortsighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.” KnowsLooksMeanDoeEndsEnoughRunningAbleNightProcessResultsNeededLoversMoonRoseEndureDawnOutcomesImpatienceEnd ResultsPatience And LoveCrescentPatience LoveCrescent Moon Author:Elif Safak
“Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That's the hardest part and that's what you are responsible for. Once you take that step let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.” FirstsDoeStepsFlowResponsibleHardestFirst Steps Author:Elif Safak
“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.” IfsWayShouldTryingDoeHardLinesCitiesAppreciateYeahWestInternationalEastBridgesAmbiguityPuffBosphorus Author:Elif Safak
“Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness” MeanDoeEternityInfiniteFortyTimelessnessInfinite Time Author:Elif Safak
“Submission does not mean being weak or passive. It leads to neither fatalism nor capitulation. Just the opposite. True power resides in submission. A power that comes from within. Those who submit to the divine essence of life will live in unperturbed tranquility and peace even when the whole wide world goes through turbulence after turbulence.” WorldMeanDoeWholeDivineWeakEssenceOppositesWideSubmitPassiveTranquilitySubmissionTurbulenceEssence Of LifeFatalismTrue PowerCapitulation Author:Elif Safak
“To each his own way and his own prayer. God does not take us at our word. He looks deep into our hearts. It is not the ceremonies or rituals that make a difference, but whether our hearts are sufficiently pure or not.” WayLooksHeartDoeDifferencesPrayerPureMaking A DifferenceRitualCeremonyOur Words Author:Elif Safak
