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Quote by Elif Safak

“We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture.”

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Elif Safak is a renowned Turkish author born on October 25, 1971. Her works are known for their profound character development and rich cultural background, which have won her a wide audience. more

“We're stuck. We're stuck between the East and the West. Between the past and the future. On the one hand there are the secular modernists, so proud of the regime they constructed, you cannot breathe a critical word. They've got the army and half of the state on their side. On the other hand there are the conventional traditionalist, so infatuated with the Ottoman past, you cannot breathe a critical word. They've got the general public and the remaining half of the state on their side.”

States Hands Past Sides Half Proud Army West Critical Breathe East Stuck Regimes Conventional Secular General Public Infatuated Ottomans

Author:Elif Safak

“Time is just an illusion. What you need is to live this very moment. That is all that matters.”

Needs Matter Moments Illusion

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.”

Ifs Way Should Trying Doe Hard Lines Cities Appreciate Yeah West International East Bridges Ambiguity Puff Bosphorus

Author:Elif Safak

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

Knowing Roots Hunts Worth Living Life Worth Living

Author:Elif Safak

“God is busy with the completion of your work, both outwardly and inwardly. He is fully occupied with you. Every human being is a work in progress that is slowly but inexplicably moving toward perfection. We are each an unfinished work of art both waiting and striving to be completed. God deals with each of us separately because humanity is a fine art of skilled penmanship where every single dot is equally important for the entire picture.”

“No matter who we are or where we live, deep inside we all feel incomplete. It's like we have lost something and need to get it back. Just what that something is, most of us never find out. And of those who do, even fewer manage to go out and look for it.”

Needs Feels Looks Matter Lost Manage Who We Are Fewer Incomplete Deep Inside

Author:Elif Safak

“If you want to change the way others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself. Unless you learn to love yourself, fully and sincerely, there is no way you can be loved. Once you achieve that stage, however, be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses.”

Ifs Way Want Should Firsts Might Achieve Stage Love You Treats Rose Love Yourself Being Thankful Sincerely Treat Yourself Learn To Love Yourself

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“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.”

“Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.”

Thinking Growth Goes On Improvement Disneyland Always Thinking Continuous Learning

Author:Walt Disney

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