Listen, canim, I know you might get cross with me for saying this, but remember, good advice is always annoying and bad advice never is. So if what I… - Elif Şafak
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Listen, canim, I know you might get cross with me for saying this, but remember, good advice is always annoying and bad advice never is. So if what I say irritates you, take it as good advice.
Elif Shafak (born October 25, 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, academic, public speaker and women's rights activist.
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Alternative Names:
Elif Shafak
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Elif Bilgin Shafaq
Portrait from Wikimedia Commons. Credit: Publicity shot by Ebru Bilun, released by Michael Radulescu of Rusoff Agency, the literary agency for the subject. Used under CC BY-SA. Processed and styled by Quotewise.
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there were three fountains of wisdom from which every artisan should drink abundantly: books, work and roads. Reading, practising and travelling.
حياتك حافلة، مليئة، كاملة، أو هكذا يخيّل إليك، حتى يظهر فيها شخصًا يجعلك تدرك ما كنت تفتقده طوال هذا الوقت. مثل مرآة تعكس الغائب لا الحاضر، تريك الفراغ في روحك، الفراغ الذي كنت تقاوم رؤيته. قد يكون ذلك الشخص حبيبًا أو صديقًا أو معلمًا روحيًا. وقد يكون طفلًا يجب إحاطته بالحب والرعاية. المهم هو أن تعثر على الروح التي تُكمّل روحك.
One of the rules says, You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue, or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover. There is no one who has lived after seeing Him, just like there is no one who has died after seeing Him. Whoever finds Him will remain with Him forever.
