At one glance I loved you with a thousand hearts . . . Let the zealots think loving is sinful Never mind, Let me burn in the hellfire of that sin. – … - Elif Şafak

Love is the bold affirmation of hope. You don't embrace hope when death and destruction are in command. You don't put on your best dress and tuck a flower in your hair when you are surrounded by ruins and shards. You don't lose your heart at a time when hearts are supposed to remain sealed, especially for those who are not of your religion, not of your language, not of your blood. You don't fall in love in Cyprus in the summer of 1974. Not here, not now. And yet there they were, the two of them.

إن النساء لا يتزوجن من يحببن
بل يخترن الرجل الذي سيكون أبًا جيدًا
وزوجًا يمكن الاعتماد عليه ..,
فالحب إحساس جميل يأتي
ولكنه سرعان ما يتلاشى !

فالحب هو للذين يبحثون عن هدف أو سبب في هذا العالم الذي يجري بسرعة كبيرة ، لكم ماذا عن الذين تخلوا عن ذلك منذ أمد بعيد ؟