It is never too late to ask yourself, ‘Am I ready to change the life I am living? Am I ready to change within?’ Even if a single day in your life is … - Elif Şafak

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It is never too late to ask yourself, ‘Am I ready to change the life I am living? Am I ready to change within?’ Even if a single day in your life is the same as the day before, it surely is a pity. At every moment and with each new breath, one should be renewed and renewed again. There is only one way to be born into a new life: to die before death.

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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.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Publicity shot by Ebru Bilun, released by Michael Radulescu of Rusoff Agency, the literary agency for the subject (CC BY-SA)

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Alternative Names: Elif Shafak Elif Bilgin Shafaq

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إن الماضي تفسير, والمستقبل وهم. إن العالم لا يتحرك عبر الزمن وكأنه خط مستقيم, يمضي من الماضي إلى المستقبل. بل إن الزمن يتحرك من خلالنا وفي داخلنا.

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في البداية تلتقي بشخص؛ شخص يختلف اختلافًا تامًا عن جميع من حولك من الأشخاص. شخص يرى كل شيء بمنظار مختلف، ويجعلك تُغيّر منظورك، وتلاحظ كل شيء من جديد، من الداخل ومن الخارج؛ ويُخيّل إليك أن بإمكانك الإبقاء على مسافة آمنة بينك وبينه؛ ويُخيّل إليك أنك تستطيع أن تُبحر وتشق طريقك في خضم هذه العاصفة الجميلة، حتى تدرك بغتةً أنه ألقى بك إلى العراء ولا يمكنك أن تتحكم بذلك.

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