She was a foreigner and, like all foreigners, she carried with her the shadow of an elsewhere. - Elif Şafak

"إن الطريق إلى الحقيقة يمر من القلب، لا من الرأس
فاجعل قلبك، لا عقلك، دليلك الرئيسي. واجه، تحدّ، وتغلب في نهاية المطاف على "النفس" بقلبك. إن معرفتك بنفسك ستقودك إلى معرفة الله."

There was something childlike in the way grown-ups had a need for stories. They held a naive belief that by telling an inspiring anecdote-the right fable at the right time-they could lift their children's moods, motivate them to great achievements and simply change reality. There was no point in telling them that life was more complicated than that and words less magical than they presumed.

İnsan belli bir yaşa gelince kendi hudutları ve hatalarıyla barışmaya başlıyor.