Working is prayer for the likes of us,” his master often sa… - Elif Şafak

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Working is prayer for the likes of us,” his master often said. “It’s the way we commune with God.”
“Then how does He respond to us?” Jahan had once asked, way back when he was younger.
“By giving us more work, of course.

Elif Şafak

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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 • Elif Bilgin Shafaq

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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.

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 loved enough.

كانت أعياد الميلاد تدخل السعادة على قلبي باستمرار لكني استيقظت هذا الصباح وأنا أشعر بثقل في صدري واطرح أسئلة كبيرة جدا على امرأة لم تحتس قهوتها الصباحية بعد ،

ورحت أتساءل : هل الطريقة التي عشتها في حياتي هي الطريقة التي أريد أن استمر بها ؟؟

ثم اعتراني شعور بالخوف ماذا لو أسفرت كلمتا نعم ولا عن نتائج سيئة ،

لذا وجدت جوابا آخر وهو: ربما.

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