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If you want to experience ete...

If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.

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The words that come out of ou...

The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.

Elif Safak 88 quotes

Loneliness and solitude are t...

Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely. But eventually it is best to find a person, the person who will be your mirror. Remember, only in another person's heart can you truly see yourself and the presence of God within you.

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Where there is love, there is...

Where there is love, there is bound to be heartache.

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I spent my entire childhood o...

I spent my entire childhood observing people. I still do.

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I was in Madrid as a young gi...

I was in Madrid as a young girl and a teenager. I'll never forget when I went to the Prado Museum for the first time and saw the paintings of Goya. They had such a big impact on me.

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When I looked at people like ...

When I looked at people like Goya and Pina Bausch, the message I got was just do what you're passionate about. Don't think about what other people are going to say or how they're going to receive your work. Just be your work.

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Politicians and leaders who s...

Politicians and leaders who see the media as 'the enemy within' divide society into two clashing cultural camps. Populist demagogues benefit from binary oppositions.

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Bad writing is like a bad rel...

Bad writing is like a bad relationship. Don't be addicted to it just because you are familiar with its ways. Let go.

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I write my novels in English ...

I write my novels in English first; then they are translated into Turkish by professional translators. Then I take their translation and rewrite. So basically, I write the same novel twice.

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If there is no love between t...

If there is no love between the author and the story, there is no love between the reader and the story.

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Turkey is a complex country. ...

Turkey is a complex country. Most readers are women, of all generations, and they are passionate about books. However, the written culture is mostly patriarchal. In general, men write; women read. I would like to see this pattern changing. More women should write novels, poems, plays, and hopefully, more men will read fiction.

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If you are a writer from Turk...

If you are a writer from Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, you don't have the luxury of being apolitical. You can't say, 'That's politics. I'm just doing my work.'

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English, for me, is an acquir...

English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.

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We need a dose of doubt and a...

We need a dose of doubt and a dose of faith, to challenge each other.

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With 'The Forty Rules of Love...

With 'The Forty Rules of Love,' I wanted to write a love story. But I wanted a love story with a spiritual dimension. For me, that took me to Rumi. And from Rumi, I went to Shams of Tabriz. That's how the story took shape.

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I find families intriguing, p...

I find families intriguing, perhaps because I did not grow up in one. I was raised by a feminist, independent, single mother, a divorcee.

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I write as if I were drunk. I...

I write as if I were drunk. It is a process of intuition rather than placing myself above my story like a puppeteer pulling strings. For me, it's a scary, chaotic process over which I have little control. Words demand other words, characters resist me.

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Writing in another language g...

Writing in another language gives me an additional freedom, an additional way of thinking. It's a challenge, but I like the challenge.

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I like to question cultural b...

I like to question cultural biases wherever I go, and I question Islamophobia as much as I question anti-western sentiment because I think all extremist ideologies are very similar.

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....