لا يعني القدر أن حياتك محددة بقدر محتوم . لذلك فإن ترك كل شيء للقدر ، وعدم المشاركة في عزف موسيقى الكون دليل على جهل مطلق. إن موسيقى الكون تعم كل مكا… - Elif Şafak

Motherlands are castles made of glass. In order to leave them, you have to break something – a wall, a social convention, a cultural norm, a psychological barrier, a heart. What you have broken will haunt you. To be an emigré, therefore, means to forever bear shards of glass in your pockets. It is easy to forget they are there, light and minuscule as they are, and go on with your life, your little ambitions and important plans, but at the slightest contact the shards will remind you of their presence. They will cut you deep.

ذلك الذي لا يرغب في شيء ولا يأمل في شيء ولا يخاف من أي شيء لا يستطيع أن يصير فنانًا

When something needs to be said, I'll say it even if the whole world grabs me by the neck and tells me to keep quiet.