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

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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

“Ways of loving from a distance, mating without even touching-Amor platonicus! The ladder of love one is expected to climb higher and higher, elating the Self and the Other. Plato clearly regards any actual physical contact as corrupt and ignoble because he thinks the true goal of Eros is beauty. Is there no beauty in sex? Not according to Plato. He is after `more sublime pursuits.' But if you ask me, I think Plato's problem, like those of many others, was that he never got splendidly laid.”

Ifs Thinking Way Self Problem Asks Sex Goal Higher Regard Distance Amor Expected Pursuit Contact Ask Me Climbs Touching Sublime Plato Ladders Eros Mating Ignoble Plato S

Author:Elif Safak

“Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.”

Stars Roles Disneyland Theme Parks Supporting Roles

Author:Walt Disney

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

Culture Holes Encounters Abandon Rabbits Rabbit Holes

Author:Elif Safak

“How can you blame others for disrespecting you when you think of yourself as unworthy of respect?”

Thinking Blame Think Of You Unworthy

Author:Elif Safak

“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

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