The places where we were born are the shape of our lives, even when we are away from them. - Elif Şafak

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The places where we were born are the shape of our lives, even when we are away from them.

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About Elif Şafak

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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It crossed his mind that maybe one of the most telling differences between the young and the old lay in this detail. As you aged you cared less and less about what others thought of you, and only then could you be more free.

القاعد الاولي : إن الطريقة التي نري فيها الله ما هي الا انعكاس للطريق التي نري فيها انفسننا
فاذا لم يكن الله يجلب الي عقولنا إلا الخوف والملامة , فهذا يعني أن قدرا كبيرا من الخوف والملامة يتدفق في نفوسنا ,اما اذا رأينا الله مفعما بالمحبة و الرحمة , فاننا نكون كذلك

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I slept peacefully that night, feeling exultant and determined. Little did I know that I was making the most common and the most painful mistake women have made all throughout the ages: to naively think that with their love they can change the man they love.

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