Each time I say good-bye to a place I like, I feel like I a… - Elif Şafak

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Each time I say good-bye to a place I like, I feel like I am leaving a part of me behind. I guess whether we choose to travel as much as Marco Polo did or stay in the same spot from cradle to grave, life is a sequence of births and deaths. Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to light, old ones need to wither away.

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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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Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to life, old ones need to wither away.

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إن البحث عن الله متأصل في قلوب الجميع، سواء أكان وليا أم قديسا أم مومسا. فالحب يقبع فى داخل كل منا منذ اللحظة التى نولد فيها، وينتظر الفرصة التي يظهر فيها منذ تلك اللحظة.

هكذا هي الحياة. فعندما تخبر أحدهم الحقيقة ، فأنه يكرهك. وكلما تحدثت عن الحب، ازدادت كراهيته لك.

While the parts change, the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.

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