#elif shafak

[perfectfeelings]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[thespilledquotes]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[thedeadpoetsraven]

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑓 𝑤𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ.

— Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love (via @thedeadpoetsraven )

[smokefalls]

One always begins to forgive a place as soon as it is left behind.

Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

[thoughtkick]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[strokeofserenity]

Elif Shafak, “The Bastard of Istanbul.”

[perfectquote]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[stay-close]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[booksmyquerencia]

February 14th, 2025

“When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

— Jane Austen

[thehopefulquotes]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[quotefeeling]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[nobeerreviews]

Because time is a drop in the ocean, and you cannot measure off one drop against another to see which one is bigger, which one is smaller.

-- Elif Shafak

(Giza, Egypt)

[dk-thrive]

Better to be a gentle soul than one consumed by anger, resentment and vengeance. Anyone can wage war, but maintaining peace is a difficult thing.

— Elif Shafak, "There Are Rivers in the Sky: A Novel" (Knopf, August 20, 2024)

[resqectable]

If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.

Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

[smokefalls]

Home is where your loved ones are, but the reverse is also true. Those you love are your sanctuary, your shelter, your country and even, when it comes to that, your exile. Wherever they go, you will follow.

Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

[kelimelersogukkokuyor]

"sıradan bir sonbahar günüydü istanbul'da, birini öldürebileceğini anladığında. bu hikâye, diğerlerinden pek de farkı olmayan, kurşun gibi ağır ve fazlasıyla sakin bir akşamüstü başladı."