I hunt everywhere for a life worth living and a knowledge worth knowing. Having roots nowhere, I have everywhere to go. - Elif Şafak

إن المدن تنتصب فوق أعمدة روحية، كالمرايا العملاقة، وهي تعكس قلوب سكانها، فإذا أظلمت هذه القلوب وفقدت إيمانها فإنها ستفقد بريقها وبهاءها. لقد حدث ذلك لمدن كثيرة وهو يحدث دائما.

If you weep for all the sorrows in this world, in the end you will have no eyes.

People always told her to fight depression. But I have a feeling that as soon as we see something as our enemy we make it stronger. Like a boomerang. You hurl it away, it comes back and hits you with equal force.