Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't lo… - Elif Şafak

If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough.

I know every single street in this town. And I love strolling these streets in the mornings, in the evenings, and then at night when I am merry and tipsy. I love to have breakfasts with my friends along the Bosphorus on Sundays, I love to walk alone amid the crowds. I am in love with the chaotic beauty of this city, the ferries, the music, the tales, the sadness, the colors, and the black humor.....

كان حبّها معوضا عن الأشياء الضائعة و الزمن الضائع

If families resemble trees, as they say, arborescent structures with entangled roots and individual branches jutting out at awkward angles, family traumas are like thick, translucent resin dripping from a cut in the bark. They trickle down generations.