I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One leg of the compass is static. It i… - Elif Şafak
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I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One leg of the compass is static. It is fixed and rooted in a certain spot. Meanwhile, the other leg draws a huge wide circle around the first one, constantly moving. Just like that, one part of my writing is based in Istanbul. It has strong local roots. Yet at the same time the other part travels the whole wide world, feeling connected to several cities, cultures, and peoples.
Elif Shafak (born October 25, 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, academic, public speaker and women's rights activist.
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A map is a two-dimensional representation with arbitrary symbols and incised lines that decide who is to be our enemy and who is to be our friend, who deserves our love and who deserves our hatred and who, our sheer indifference. Cartography is another name for stories told by winners. For stories told by those who have lost, there isn’t one.
Never be ashamed of your tears. Cry and everyone knows you’re alive.
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إذا أردت أن تقوي إيمانك، فيجب أن تكون لينًا في داخلك. لأنه لكي يشتد إيمانك، ويصبح صلبًا كالصخرة، يجب أن يكون قلبك خفيفًا كالريشة. فإذا أصابنا بمرض، أو وقعت لنا حادثة، أو تعرضنا لخسارة، أو أصابنا خوف، بطريقة أو بأخرى، فإننا نواجه جميعًا الحوادث التي تعلمنا كيف نصبح أقل أنانية وأكثر حكمة، وأكثر عطفًا. وأكثر كرمًا. ومع أن بعضنا يتعلم الدرس ويزداد رقة واعتدالاً، يزداد آخرون قسوة. إن الوسيلة التي تمكنك من الاقتراب من الحقيقة أكثر تكمن في أن يتسع قلبك لاستيعاب البشرية كلها، وأن يظل فيه متسع لمزيد من الحب.
