“Father, I am from a different egg than your other children. Think of me as a duckling raised by hens. I am not a domestic bird destined to spend his life in a chicken coop. the water that scares you rejuvenates me. For unlike you I can swim, and swim I shall. The ocean is my homeland. If you are with me, come to the ocean. If not, stop interfering with me and go back to the chicken coop.” IfsThinkingChildrenI CanDifferentFatherWaterLike YouOceanBirdRaisedEggsChickensSwimScareInterfereDestinedHomelandThink Of MeHensDucklings Author:Elif Safak
“The Iron Rule of prudence for an Istanbulite Woman: If you are as fragile as a tea glass, either find a way to never encounter burning water and hope to marry an ideal husband or get yourself laid and broken as soon as possible. Alternatively, stop being a tea-glass woman!” IfsWayWaterBrokenHusbandIdealsGlassesBurningTeaEncountersIronFragilePrudenceIdeal Husband Author:Elif Safak
“A life without love is of no account. Don't ask yourself what kind of love you should seek, spiritual or material, divine or mundane, Eastern or Western. Divisions only lead to more divisions. Love has no labels, no definitions. It is what it is, pure and simple. “Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire! “The universe turns differently when fire loves water.” ShouldKindSoulSpiritualTurnsUniverseAsksWaterSimpleLove IsFireLove YouDivineMaterialsLoversPureAccountsWesternDefinitionsLabelsDivisionEasternMundaneWithout LoveKinds Of LoveIt Is What It IsWater Of LifeLife Without LoveSimple Love Author:Elif Safak
“Identity politics divides us. Fiction connects. One is interested in sweeping generalizations. The other, in nuances. One draws boundaries. The other recognizes no frontiers. Identity politics is made of solid bricks. Fiction is flowing water.” MadeWaterFictionIdentityDrawsBoundariesDividesBricksFrontiersNuanceSweepingGeneralizationIdentity PoliticsFlowing Water Author:Elif Safak
“Even a speck of love should not go unappreciated, because, as Rumi said, love is the water of life.” ShouldSaidWaterLove IsSpecksWater Of Life Author:Elif Safak
“Real filth is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure waters, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart.” HeartRealSoulBodyWaterTypePureHatredYour BodyBigotryDirtFastingOnly LoveStainsAbstinenceFilthPure Water Author:Elif Safak
