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Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven't loved enough.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุญูŠุงุชูƒ ุญุงูู„ุฉุŒ ู…ู„ูŠุฆุฉุŒ ูƒุงู…ู„ุฉุŒ ุฃูˆ ู‡ูƒุฐุง ูŠุฎูŠู„ ุฅู„ูŠูƒุŒ ุญุชู‰ ูŠุธู‡ุฑ ููŠู‡ุง ุดุฎุต ูŠุฌุนู„ูƒ ุชุฏุฑูƒ ู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ุชูุชู‚ุฏู‡ ุทูˆุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช. ู…ุซู„ ู…ุฑุขุฉ ุชุนูƒุณ ุงู„ุบุงุฆุจ ู„ุง ุงู„ุญุงุถุฑุŒ ุชุฑูŠูƒ ุงู„ูุฑุงุบ ูู‰ ุฑูˆุญูƒุŒ ุงู„ูุฑุงุบ ุงู„ุฐู‰ ูƒู†ุช ุชู‚ุงูˆู… ุฑุคูŠุชู‡.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me.
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Elif Shafak
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ู„ุง ุชุณูŠุฑูŠ ู…ุน ุงู„ุชูŠุงุฑุŒ ุจู„ ูƒูˆู†ูŠ ุฃู†ุชู ุงู„ุชูŠุงุฑ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ูˆ ู„ูˆ ุฃุฑุงุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุฃู† ู†ูƒูˆู† ู…ุชุดุงุจู‡ูŠู† ุŒู„ุฎู„ู‚ู†ุง ู…ุชุดุงุจู‡ูŠู† ุŒ ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ูุฅู† ุนุฏู… ุงุญุชุฑุงู… ุงู„ุงุฎุชู„ุงูุงุช ูˆูุฑุถ ุฃููƒุงุฑูƒ ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู† ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุนุฏู… ุงุญุชุฑุงู… ุงู„ู†ุธุงู… ุงู„ู…ู‚ุฏุณ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุฃุฑุณุงู‡ ุงู„ู„ู‡
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู‚ุงุนุฏุฉ ุฃุฎุฑูŠ ุฅู† ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุงู„ูŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ูŠู…ุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ู„ุจ ู„ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฑุฃุณ ูุฃุฌุนู„ ู‚ู„ุจูƒ ู„ุง ุนู‚ู„ูƒ ุฏู„ูŠู„ู„ูƒ ุงู„ุฑุฆูŠุณูŠ ูˆุงุฌู‡ , ุชุญุฏ , ูˆุชุบู„ุจ ููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ู…ุทุงู ุนู„ูŠ " ุงู„ู†ูุณ " ุจู‚ู„ุจูƒ ุฅู† ู…ุนุฑูุชูƒ ุจู†ูุณูƒ ุณุชู‚ูˆุฏูƒ ุงู„ูŠ ู…ุนุฑูุฉ ุงู„ู„ู‡
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Elif Shafak (AลŸk)
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Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful!
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู‚ุงุนุฏุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุฅู† ุงู„ุณุนูŠ ูˆุฑุงุก ุงู„ุญุจ ูŠุบูŠุฑู†ุง ูู…ุง ู…ู† ุฃุญุฏ ูŠุณุนู‰ ูˆุฑุงุก ุงู„ุญุจ ุฅู„ุง ูˆูŠู†ุถุฌ ุฃุซู†ุงุก ุฑุญู„ุชู‡ ูู…ุง ุฅู† ุชุจุฏุฃ ุฑุญู„ุฉ ุงู„ุจุญุซ ุนู† ุงู„ุญุจ ุญุชู‰ ุชุจุฏุฃ ุฃู† ุชุชุบูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ ูˆุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุชุนู„ู…ุช ุฃู† ุฃุชู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ุดูˆูƒุฉ ูˆุงู„ูˆุฑุฏุฉ ู…ุนุงู‹ุŒ ู…ุณุงูˆุฆ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ูˆู…ุญุงุณู†ู‡ุง.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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You see, unlike in the movies, there is no THE END sign flashing at the end of books. When I've read a book, I don't feel like I've finished anything. So I start a new one.
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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ู„ุง ุชุญูƒู… ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชู‰ ูŠุชูˆุงุตู„ ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู…ุน ุงู„ู„ู‡ , ูู„ูƒู„ ุฃู…ุฑุฆ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุชู‡ ูˆ ุตู„ุงุชู‡ ุงู„ุฎุงุตุฉ . ุงู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠุฃุฎุฐู†ุง ุจูƒู„ู…ุชู†ุง , ุจู„ ูŠู†ุธุฑ ูู‰ ุฃุนู…ุงู‚ ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง . ูˆ ู„ูŠุณุช ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณูƒ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุทู‚ูˆุณ ู‡ู‰ ุงู„ุชู‰ ุชุฌุนู„ู†ุง ู…ุคู…ู†ูŠู† , ุจู„ ุงู† ูƒุงู†ุช ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง ุตุงููŠุฉ ุงู… ู„ุง .
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Elif Shafak
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ุงู„ู‚ุงุนุฏ ุงู„ุงูˆู„ูŠ : ุฅู† ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุฑูŠ ููŠู‡ุง ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู…ุง ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุง ุงู†ุนูƒุงุณ ู„ู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุฑูŠ ููŠู‡ุง ุงู†ูุณู†ู†ุง ูุงุฐุง ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ูŠุฌู„ุจ ุงู„ูŠ ุนู‚ูˆู„ู†ุง ุฅู„ุง ุงู„ุฎูˆู ูˆุงู„ู…ู„ุงู…ุฉ , ูู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ู‚ุฏุฑุง ูƒุจูŠุฑุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุฎูˆู ูˆุงู„ู…ู„ุงู…ุฉ ูŠุชุฏูู‚ ููŠ ู†ููˆุณู†ุง ,ุงู…ุง ุงุฐุง ุฑุฃูŠู†ุง ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู…ูุนู…ุง ุจุงู„ู…ุญุจุฉ ูˆ ุงู„ุฑุญู…ุฉ , ูุงู†ู†ุง ู†ูƒูˆู† ูƒุฐู„ูƒ
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Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุชูˆุฌุฏ ู…ุฑุญู„ุฉ ุชุฎุฐู„ู†ุง ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุจุนุฏู‡ุง
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ูˆุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชู„ุฌ ุฏุงุฆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุญุจุŒ ุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู†ุนุฑูู‡ุง ู‚ุฏ ุนูู‘ูŽู‰ ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง ุงู„ุฒู…ุงู† ูุงู„ุดูŠุก ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุงู„ุชุนุจูŠุฑ ุนู†ู‡ ุจุงู„ูƒู„ู…ุงุช ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฅุฏุฑุงูƒู‡ ุฅู„ุง ุจุงู„ุตู…ุช.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ูู…ุน ุฃู† ุงู„ู‚ุฑุขู† ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ุฃู† ุงู„ู†ู…ูŠู…ุฉ ูˆู‚ุฐู ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุฃุซู… ูƒุจูŠุฑุŒ ู‚ู„ู…ุง ูŠุจุฐู„ ุงู„ุจุดุฑ ุฃูŠ ุฌู‡ุฏ ู„ูƒุจุญ ุฃู†ูุณู‡ู… ุนู† ู…ู…ุงุฑุณุฉ ุฐู„ูƒ . ูู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠูƒููˆู† ุนู† ุฅุฏุงู†ุฉ ุดุงุฑุจูŠ ุงู„ุฎู…ุฑุŒ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุจุญุซ ุนู† ุงู„ู†ุณุงุก ุงู„ุฒุงู†ูŠุงุช ู„ุฑุฌู…ู‡ู†ุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุชุนู„ู‚ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ ุจุงู„ู†ู…ูŠู…ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ู‡ูŠ ุฃุซู… ุฃุนุธู… ุจูƒุซูŠุฑ ููŠ ู†ุธุฑ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠุนุฑููˆู† ุฃู†ู‡ู… ูŠุฑุชูƒุจูˆู† ุฅุซู…ุง.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุงู„ุญุจ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุชูุณูŠุฑู‡ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฅู„ุง ู…ุนุงูŠุดุชู‡ ูˆุงุฎุชุจุงุฑู‡. ูˆู…ุน ุฃู† ุงู„ุญุจ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุชูุณูŠุฑู‡ ูู‡ูˆ ูŠูุณุฑ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก.
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ูˆูƒู…ุง ูŠุญุชุงุฌ ุงู„ุตู„ุตุงู„ ุฅู„ูŠ ุญุฑุงุฑุฉ ุนุงู„ูŠุฉ ู„ูŠุดุชุฏ ู‘ูุงู„ุญุจ ู„ุง ูŠูƒุชู…ู„ ุฅู„ุง ุจุงู„ุฃู„ู….
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ูˆุจุนุฏ ุงู„ุญุฒู† ูŠุฃุชูŠ ูุตู„ ุขุฎุฑุŒ ูˆุงุฏ ุขุฎุฑุŒ ุฃู†ุช ุขุฎุฑ. ูˆุชุจุฏุฃ ุจุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ุญุจูŠุจ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ุชุฌุฏู‡ ููŠ ุฃูŠ ู…ูƒุงู†ุŒ ุชุฑุงู‡ ููŠ ูƒู„ ู…ูƒุงู†.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Some cities you go to because you want to; some cities you go to because they want you to.
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Elif Shafak (Ustam ve Ben)
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ู‚ุงุนุฏุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ุงู„ูˆุญุฏุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฎู„ูˆุฉ ุดูŠุฆุงู† ู…ุฎุชู„ูุงู† , ูุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชูƒูˆู† ูˆุญูŠุฏุง ู…ู† ุงู„ุณู‡ู„ ุฃู† ุชุฎุฏุน ู†ูุณูƒ ูˆูŠุฎูŠู„ ุฅู„ูŠูƒ ุฃู†ูƒ ุชุณูŠุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุงู„ู‚ูˆูŠู… ุฃู…ุง ุงู„ุฎู„ูˆุฉ ูู‡ูŠ ุฃูุถู„ ู„ู†ุง ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุชุนู†ูŠ ุฃู†ูƒ ุชูƒูˆู† ูˆุญุฏูƒ ู…ู† ุฏูˆู† ุฃู† ุชุดุนุฑ ุฃู†ูƒ ูˆุญูŠุฏ ู„ูƒู† ููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑ , ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃูุถู„ ู„ูƒ ุฃู† ุชุจุญุซ ุนู† ุดุฎุต ุดุฎุต ูŠูƒูˆู† ุจู…ุซุงุจุฉ ู…ุฑุขุฉ ู„ูƒ ุชุฐูƒุฑ ุฃู†ูƒ ู„ุง ุชุณุชุทูŠุน ุฃู† ุชุฑู‰ ู†ูุณูƒ ุญู‚ุง ,ุฅู„ุง ููŠ ู‚ู„ุจ ุดุฎุต ุขุฎุฑ ูˆุจูˆุฌูˆุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ููŠ ุฏุงุฎู„ูƒ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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How can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships? It is easy to enjoy the good and dislike the bad. Anybody can do that. The real challenge is to love the good and the bad together, not because you need to take the rough with the smooth but because you need to go beyond such descriptions and accept love in its entirety.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ููŠ ุงู„ุจุฏุงูŠุฉ ุชู„ุชู‚ูŠ ุจุดุฎุตุ› ุดุฎุต ูŠุฎุชู„ู ุงุฎุชู„ุงูู‹ุง ุชุงู…ู‹ุง ุนู† ุฌู…ูŠุน ู…ู† ุญูˆู„ูƒ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃุดุฎุงุต. ุดุฎุต ูŠุฑู‰ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ุจู…ู†ุธุงุฑ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุŒ ูˆูŠุฌุนู„ูƒ ุชูุบูŠู‘ุฑ ู…ู†ุธูˆุฑูƒุŒ ูˆุชู„ุงุญุธ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ู…ู† ุฌุฏูŠุฏุŒ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ ูˆู…ู† ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌุ› ูˆูŠูุฎูŠู‘ู„ ุฅู„ูŠูƒ ุฃู† ุจุฅู…ูƒุงู†ูƒ ุงู„ุฅุจู‚ุงุก ุนู„ู‰ ู…ุณุงูุฉ ุขู…ู†ุฉ ุจูŠู†ูƒ ูˆุจูŠู†ู‡ุ› ูˆูŠูุฎูŠู‘ู„ ุฅู„ูŠูƒ ุฃู†ูƒ ุชุณุชุทูŠุน ุฃู† ุชูุจุญุฑ ูˆุชุดู‚ ุทุฑูŠู‚ูƒ ููŠ ุฎุถู… ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ุนุงุตูุฉ ุงู„ุฌู…ูŠู„ุฉุŒ ุญุชู‰ ุชุฏุฑูƒ ุจุบุชุฉู‹ ุฃู†ู‡ ุฃู„ู‚ู‰ ุจูƒ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุนุฑุงุก ูˆู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุฃู† ุชุชุญูƒู… ุจุฐู„ูƒ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Where there is love, there is bound to be heartache.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุฅู† ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠ ุชูุณูŠุฑ, ูˆุงู„ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ ูˆู‡ู…. ุฅู† ุงู„ุนุงู„ู… ู„ุง ูŠุชุญุฑูƒ ุนุจุฑ ุงู„ุฒู…ู† ูˆูƒุฃู†ู‡ ุฎุท ู…ุณุชู‚ูŠู…, ูŠู…ุถูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„. ุจู„ ุฅู† ุงู„ุฒู…ู† ูŠุชุญุฑูƒ ู…ู† ุฎู„ุงู„ู†ุง ูˆููŠ ุฏุงุฎู„ู†ุง.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู„ุง ู‚ูŠู…ุฉ ู„ู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ู…ู† ุฏูˆู† ุนุดู‚ .ู„ุง ุชุณุฃู„ ู†ูุณูƒ ู…ุง ู†ูˆุน ุงู„ุนุดู‚ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุชุฑูŠุฏู‡ุŒุฑูˆุญูŠ ุฃู… ู…ุงุฏูŠุŒุฅู„ู‡ูŠ ุฃู… ุฏู†ูŠูˆูŠ ุŒ ุบุฑุจูŠ ุฃู… ุดุฑู‚ูŠ...ูุงู„ุงู†ู‚ุณุงู…ุงุช ู„ุง ุชุคุฏูŠ ุฅู„ุง ุฅู„ู‰ ู…ุฒูŠุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ุงู†ู‚ุณุงู…ุงุช .ู„ูŠุณ ู„ู„ุนุดู‚ ุชุณู…ูŠุงุช ูˆู„ุง ุนู„ุงู…ุงุช ูˆู„ุง ุชุนุงุฑูŠู.ุฅู†ู‡ ูƒู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ุŒู†ู‚ูŠ ูˆุจุณูŠุท. ุงู„ุนุดู‚ ู…ุงุก ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ .ูˆุงู„ุนุดูŠู‚ ู‡ูˆ ุฑูˆุญ ู…ู† ู†ุงุฑ! ูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ูƒูˆู† ู…ุฎุชู„ูุง ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุชุนุดู‚ ุงู„ู†ุงุฑ ุงู„ู…ุงุก.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be so shortsighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุฅุฐุง ู„ู… ุชุชู…ูƒู†ูŠ ู…ู† ุฅูŠุฌุงุฏ ุณุจุจ ูƒูŠ ุชุญุจูŠ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนูŠุดูŠู†ู‡ุงุŒ ูู„ุง ุชุชุธุงู‡ุฑูŠ ุจุฃู†ูƒ ุชุญุจูŠู† ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนูŠุดูŠู†ู‡ุง
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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Either grant me the bliss of the ignorant or give me the strength to bear the knowledge.
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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ู„ุง ุชุญูƒู… ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุชูˆุงุตู„ ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู…ุน ุงู„ู„ู‡, ูู„ูƒู„ ุงู…ุฑุฆ ุทุฑูŠู‚ุชู‡ ูˆุตู„ุงุชู‡ ุงู„ุฎุงุตุฉ. ุฅู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู„ุง ูŠุฃุฎุฐู†ุง ุจูƒู„ู…ุชู†ุง, ุจู„ ูŠู†ุธุฑ ููŠ ุฃุนู…ุงู‚ ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง. ูˆู„ูŠุณุช ุงู„ู…ู†ุงุณูƒ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุทู‚ูˆุณ ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุฌุนู„ู†ุง ู…ุคู…ู†ูŠู† ุจู„ ุฅู† ูƒุงู†ุช ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง ุตุงููŠุฉ ุฃู… ู„ุง.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Perhaps this is why lunatics have a harder time dating, not because they are off the wall but because it is hard to find soemone who is willing to date so many people in one person.
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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ู„ุง ูŠุนู†ูŠู†ูŠ ุงู„ุญู„ุงู„ ูˆู„ุง ุงู„ุญุฑุงู… ูุฃู†ุง ุฃูุถู„ ุฃู† ุฃุทูุฆ ู†ุงุฑ ุฌู‡ู†ู…ุŒ ูˆุฃู† ุฃุญุฑู‚ ุงู„ุฌู†ุฉ ุญุชู‰ ูŠุญุจ ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ุงู„ุญุจ ุงู„ุฎุงู„ุต.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุฅุฐุง ุฃุฑุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ุฑุก ุฃู† ูŠุบูŠูู‘ุฑ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุนุงู…ู„ู‡ ููŠู‡ุง ุงู„ู†ุงุณุŒ ููŠุฌุจ ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุฃูˆู„ุงู‹ ุฃู† ูŠุบูŠูู‘ุฑ ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุนุงู…ู„ ููŠู‡ุง ู†ูุณู‡ุŒ ูˆุฅุฐุง ู„ู… ูŠุชุนูŽู‘ู… ูƒูŠู ูŠุญุจ ู†ูุณู‡ ุญุจู‹ุง ุตุงุฏู‚ู‹ุง ูƒุงู…ู„ุงู‹ ูู„ุง ุชูˆุฌุฏ ูˆุณูŠู„ุฉ ูŠู…ูƒู†ู‡ ููŠู‡ุง ุฃู† ูŠุญุจ. ู„ูƒู†ู‡ ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุจู„ุบ ุชู„ูƒ ุงู„ู…ุฑุญู„ุฉ ุณูŠุดูƒุฑ ูƒู„ ุดูˆูƒุฉ ูŠู„ู‚ูŠู‡ุง ุนู„ูŠู‡ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูˆู†ุŒ ูู‡ุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุงู„ูˆุฑูˆุฏ ุณุชู†ู‡ู…ุฑ ู‚ุฑูŠุจู‹ุง.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู…ุน ุงู„ุฒู…ู† ูŠุชุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุฃู„ู… ุฅู„ู‰ ุญุฒู†ุŒ ูˆูŠุชุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุญุฒู† ุฅู„ู‰ ุตู…ุชุŒ ูˆูŠุชุญูˆู„ ุงู„ุตู…ุช ุฅู„ู‰ ูˆุญุฏุฉ ุถุฎู…ุฉ ูˆุดุงุณุนุฉ ูƒุงู„ู…ุญูŠุทุงุช ุงู„ู…ุธู„ู…ุฉ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Stop running after the waves. Let the sea come to you.
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Elif Shafak
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ู…ู† ุงู„ุณู‡ู„ ุฃู† ุชุญุจ ุฅู„ู‡ุงู‹ ูŠุชุตู ุจุงู„ูƒู…ุงู„ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู†ู‚ุงุก ูˆุงู„ุนุตู…ุฉ. ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุฃุตุนุจ ู…ู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุฃู† ุชุญุจ ุฅุฎูˆุงู†ูƒ ุงู„ุจุดุฑ ุจูƒู„ ู†ู‚ุงุฆุตู‡ู… ูˆุนูŠูˆุจู‡ู…. ุชุฐูƒู‘ุฑุŒ ุฃู† ุงู„ู…ุฑุก ู„ุง ูŠุนุฑู ุฅู„ุง ู…ุง ู‡ูˆ ู‚ุงุฏุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู† ูŠุญุจ. ูู„ุง ุญูƒู…ุฉ ู…ู† ุฏูˆู† ุญุจ. ูˆู…ุง ู„ู… ู†ุชุนู„ู… ูƒูŠู ู†ุญุจ ุฎู„ู‚ ุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูู„ู† ู†ุณุชุทูŠุน ุฃู† ู†ุญุจ ุญู‚ุงู‹ ูˆู„ู† ู†ุนุฑู ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุญู‚ุงู‹.
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Hell is in the here and now. So is heaven. Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven, as they are both present inside this very moment. Every time we fall in love, we ascend to heaven. Every time we hate, envy, or fight someone, we tumble straight into the fires of hell.
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ุฅู† ุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠ ุฏูˆุงู…ู‘ุฉุŒ ุฅุฐุง ุชุฑูƒุชู‡ ูŠุณูŠุทุฑ ุนู„ูŠ ู„ุญุธุชูƒ ุงู„ุญุงู„ูŠุฉ ุณูŠู…ุชุตูƒ ูˆูŠุฌุฑููƒ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ูƒู„ู…ุง ูˆุฏุนุช ู…ูƒุงู†ุงู‹ ุฃุญุจู‡ุŒ ุฃุญุณ ุจุฃู†ูŠ ุฃุชุฑูƒ ููŠู‡ ุฌุฒุกู‹ ู…ู†ูŠ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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I hunt everywhere for a life worth living and a knowledge worth knowing. Having roots nowhere, I have everywhere to go.
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Most of the problems of the world stem from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don't ever take words at face value. When you step into the zone of love, language as we know it becomes obsolete. That which cannot be put into words can only be grasped through silence.
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ุฃุฑูŠุฏ ุฃู† ูŠุนูˆุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุตุฏูŠู‚ุง ู„ูŠ ูƒู…ุง ูƒุงู† ุฐุงุช ู…ุฑุฉ.
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You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look for Him: in the heart of a true lover.
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Grief is a swallow,' he said. 'One day you wake up and you think it's gone, but it's only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.
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Elif Shafak (10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World)
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Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come? Elif Shafak
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู…ู† ุงู„ุบุฑุงุจุฉ ุฃู† ุชู‚ูˆู„ ุฐู„ูƒ ู„ุงู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุชููƒุฑ ุจุงู„ู…ุงุถูŠ ูƒุซูŠุฑุงู‹, ูˆุชููƒุฑ ุจุงู„ู…ุณุชู‚ุจู„ ุฃูƒุซุฑ, ู„ูƒู† ุจุทุฑูŠู‚ุฉ ู…ุง, ู„ู… ุชู…ุณู‘ู‡ุง ุงู„ู„ุญุธุฉ ุงู„ุฑุงู‡ู†ุฉ.
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ููŠ ุจุนุถ ุงู„ุฃุญูŠุงู† ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ุชุญุทู… ูƒู„ ุงุฑุชุจุงุทุงุชูƒ ุญุชู‰ ุชููˆุฒ ุจู†ูุณูƒ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุฅู† ุงู„ุทุฑูŠู‚ ุฅู„ู‰ ู‚ู„ุจ ุงู„ุฑุฌู„ ู‚ุฏ ูŠุฌุฑู ุงู„ู…ุฑุฃุฉ ุจุนูŠุฏุงู‹ ุนู† ู†ูุณู‡ุง ุฃุญูŠุงู†ุงู‹.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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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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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Sometimes, for the soul to thrive, the heart needs to be broken, son.
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Elif Shafak (The Architect's Apprentice)
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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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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Because time is a drop in the ocean, and you cannot measure off one drop against another to see which one is bigger, which one is smaller.
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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ุฅู† ุงู„ุฑูˆุญ ุจุญุงุฌุฉ ู„ุฃู† ุชุฑุชุนุด ู„ูƒูŠ ุชุณุชูŠู‚ุธ
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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East, West, South or North makes little difference. No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey, a journey within. If you travel within, youโ€™ll travel the whole wide world and beyond.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุฃู† ุงู„ู„ุบุฉ ุชุฎููŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ุฃูƒุซุฑ ู…ู…ุง ุชูƒุดูู‡ุง
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Love exists within each of us from the moment we are born and waits to be discovered from then on.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighbourhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God wil open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that has been denied.
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Elif Shafak
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ุญูŠุงุชูƒ ุญุงูู„ุฉุŒ ู…ู„ูŠุฆุฉุŒ ูƒุงู…ู„ุฉุŒ ุฃูˆ ู‡ูƒุฐุง ูŠุฎูŠู‘ู„ ุฅู„ูŠูƒุŒ ุญุชู‰ ูŠุธู‡ุฑ ููŠู‡ุง ุดุฎุตู‹ุง ูŠุฌุนู„ูƒ ุชุฏุฑูƒ ู…ุง ูƒู†ุช ุชูุชู‚ุฏู‡ ุทูˆุงู„ ู‡ุฐุง ุงู„ูˆู‚ุช. ู…ุซู„ ู…ุฑุขุฉ ุชุนูƒุณ ุงู„ุบุงุฆุจ ู„ุง ุงู„ุญุงุถุฑุŒ ุชุฑูŠูƒ ุงู„ูุฑุงุบ ููŠ ุฑูˆุญูƒุŒ ุงู„ูุฑุงุบ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูƒู†ุช ุชู‚ุงูˆู… ุฑุคูŠุชู‡. ู‚ุฏ ูŠูƒูˆู† ุฐู„ูƒ ุงู„ุดุฎุต ุญุจูŠุจู‹ุง ุฃูˆ ุตุฏูŠู‚ู‹ุง ุฃูˆ ู…ุนู„ู…ู‹ุง ุฑูˆุญูŠู‹ุง. ูˆู‚ุฏ ูŠูƒูˆู† ุทูู„ู‹ุง ูŠุฌุจ ุฅุญุงุทุชู‡ ุจุงู„ุญุจ ูˆุงู„ุฑุนุงูŠุฉ. ุงู„ู…ู‡ู… ู‡ูˆ ุฃู† ุชุนุซุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฑูˆุญ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชููƒู…ู‘ู„ ุฑูˆุญูƒ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุนุฑูุชู ุฃูู†ุงุณู‹ุง ู‚ุฏ ูŠุตุงุจูˆู† ุจุงู„ุฌู†ูˆู† ู„ูˆ ุชูุฑูƒูˆุง ูˆุญุฏู‡ู… ู„ุณุงุนุงุช ุทูˆูŠู„ุฉ.ุฃู…ุง ุฃู†ุงุŒ ููƒุงู† ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑู ุนู†ุฏู‰ ุนู„ู‰ ุนูƒุณ ุฐู„ูƒ ุชู…ุงู…ู‹ุง.ู‚ุฏ ุฃูุตุงุจู ุจุงู„ุฌู†ูˆู† ู„ูˆ ูƒุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ู…ูุฑุงูู‚ุฉ ุฃู†ุงุณ ู„ูˆู‚ุช ู…ุฏูŠุฏ. ุณุฃูุชู‚ุฏ ุนูุฒู„ุชู‰.
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Elif Shafak (Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within)
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ุชุนู„ู…ุช ุฃู† ุฃุชู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ุดูˆูƒุฉ ูˆุงู„ูˆุฏุฉ ู…ุนุงู‹ุŒ ู…ุณุงูˆุฆ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉ ูˆู…ุญุงุณู†ู‡ุง
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Elif Shafak
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ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู„ุง ูŠุญูˆู„ ุดูŠุก ุจูŠู† ู†ูุณูƒ ูˆุจูŠู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุŒ ู„ุง ุฃุฆู…ุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ู‚ุณุงูˆุณุฉ ูˆู„ุง ุฃุญุจุงุฑ ูˆู„ุง ุฃูŠ ูˆุตูŠ ุขุฎุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฒุนุงู…ุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฎู„ุงู‚ูŠุฉ ุฃูˆ ุงู„ุฏูŠู†ูŠุฉุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุงู„ุณุงุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฑูˆุญูŠูˆู†ุŒ ูˆู„ุง ุญุชู‰ ุฅูŠู…ุงู†ูƒ. ุขู…ู† ุจู‚ูŠู…ูƒ ูˆู…ุจุงุฏุฆูƒุŒ ู„ูƒู† ู„ุง ุชูุฑุถู‡ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู†ุŒ ูˆุฅุฐุง ูƒู†ุช ุชุญุทู… ู‚ู„ูˆุจ ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู† ูู…ู‡ู…ุง ูƒุงู†ุช ุงู„ุนู‚ูŠุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฏูŠู†ูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุนุชู†ู‚ู‡ุงุŒ ูู‡ูŠ ู„ูŠุณุช ุฌูŠู‘ุฏุฉ ุงุจุชุนุฏ ุนู† ุนุจุงุฏุฉ ุงู„ุฃุตู†ุงู… ุจุฌู…ูŠุน ุฃู†ูˆุงุนู‡ุงุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุชุดูˆู‡ ุฑุคูŠุชูƒุŒ ู„ูŠูƒู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ุŒ ูˆุงู„ู„ู‡ ูˆุญุฏู‡ ุฏู„ูŠู„ูƒ. ุชุนู„ู… ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ุฉ ูŠุง ุตุฏูŠู‚ูŠุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุงุญุฑุต ุนู„ู‰ ุฃู„ุง ุชุตู†ุน ู…ู† ุงู„ุญู‚ุงุฆู‚ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชุชูƒูˆู† ู„ุฏูŠูƒ ุฃูˆุซุงู†ุง !
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู„ุง ูŠุนู†ู‰ ุงู„ุตุจุฑ ุฃู† ุชุชุญู…ู„ ุงู„ู…ุตุงุนุจ ุณู„ุจุงุŒ ูŠู„ ูŠุนู†ู‰ ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู† ุจุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ุจุญูŠุซ ุชุซู‚ ุจุงู„ู†ุชูŠุฌุฉ ุงู„ู†ู‡ุงุฆูŠุฉ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุณุชุชู…ุฎุถ ุนู† ุฃูŠ ุนู…ู„ูŠุฉ. ู…ุงุฐุง ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุงู„ุตุจุฑุŸ ุฅู†ู‡ ูŠุนู†ูŠ ุฃู† ุชู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุดูˆูƒุฉ ูˆุชุฑู‰ ุงู„ูˆุฑุฏุฉุŒ ุฃู† ุชู†ุธุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ู„ูŠู„ ูˆุชุฑู‰ ุงู„ูุฌุฑ. ุฃู…ุง ู†ูุงุฏ ุงู„ุตุจุฑ ููŠุนู†ู‰ ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู† ู‚ุตูŠุฑ ุงู„ู†ุธุฑ ูˆู„ุง ุชุชู…ูƒู† ู…ู† ุฑุคูŠุฉ ุงู„ู†ุชูŠุฌุฉ. ุฅู† ุนุดุงู‚ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ู„ุงูŠู†ูุฏ ุตุจุฑู‡ู… ู…ุทู„ู‚ุงุŒ ู„ุฃู†ู‡ู… ูŠุนุฑููˆู† ุฃู†ู‡ ู„ูƒู‰ ูŠุตุจุญ ุงู„ู‡ู„ุงู„ ุจุฏุฑุงุŒ ูู‡ูˆ ูŠุญุชุงุฌ ุฅู„ู‰ ูˆู‚ุช
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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The universe is one being. Everything and everyone is interconnected through an invisible web of stories. Whether we are aware of it or not, we are all in a silent conversation. Do no harm. Practise compassion. And do not gossip behind anyone's back - not even seemingly innocent remark! The words that come out of our mouth do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time. One man's pain will hurt us all. One man's joy will make everyone smile.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุฅู† ุงู„ุตู…ุช ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุนู‚ุจ ูƒุงุฑุซุฉ ู‡ุงุฆู„ุฉุŒ ู‡ูˆ ุฃุดุฏ ุงู„ุฃุตูˆุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠู…ูƒู†ูƒ ุณู…ุงุนู‡ุง ู‡ุฏูˆุกู‹ุง ุนู„ู‰ ุณุทุญ ุงู„ุจุณูŠุทุฉ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู‡ู„ ู…ู† ูˆุณูŠู„ุฉ ู„ูู‡ู… ู…ุนู†ู‰ ุงู„ุญุจ ู…ู† ุฏูˆู† ุฃู† ุชุตุจุญ ุญุจูŠุจุง ููŠ ุงู„ู…ู‚ุงู… ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ ุŸ
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That's the hardest part and that's what you are responsible for. Once you take that step let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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The past lives within the present, and our ancestors breathe through our children.
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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ุฅู† ู„ุง ุดูŠุก ูŠู‚ุฑุจู†ุง ู…ู† ุงู„ู„ู‡ ุบูŠุฑ ุงู„ุฃู„ู… ูˆุงู„ู…ุนุงู†ุงุฉ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ู„ูƒู† ููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑุŒ ู…ู† ุงู„ุฃูุถู„ ู„ูƒ ุฃู† ุชุจุญุซ ุนู† ุดุฎุตุŒ ุดุฎุต ูŠูƒูˆู† ุจู…ุซุงุจุฉ ู…ุฑุขุฉ ู„ูƒ. ุชุฐูƒุฑ ุฃู†ูƒ ู„ุง ุชุณุชุทูŠุน ุฃู† ุชุฑู‰ ู†ูุณูƒ ุญู‚ุงู‹ุŒ ุฅู„ุง ููŠ ู‚ู„ุจ ุดุฎุต ุขุฎุฑุŒ ูˆุจูˆุฌูˆุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ ููŠ ุฏุงุฎู„ูƒ.
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ุดู…ุณ ุงู„ุชุจุฑูŠุฒูŠ Elif Shafak
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ุฅู† ุงู„ุฃุบู„ุจูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณุงุญู‚ุฉ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุงุณ ู„ุง ูŠููƒุฑูˆู† ู…ุทู„ู‚ุงู‹ุŒ ูˆ ุงู„ุฐูŠู† ูŠููƒุฑูˆู† ู„ุง ูŠุตุจุญูˆู† ุงู„ุฃุบู„ุจูŠุฉ ุงู„ุณุงุญู‚ุฉ ุฃุจุฏุงู‹ุŒ ูุงุฎุชุงุฑูŠ ููŠ ุฃูŠ ูุฆุฉ ุชุฑูŠุฏูŠู† ุฃู† ุชูƒูˆู†ูŠ
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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You don't share a language, you think, and then you realise, grief is a language. We understand each other, people with troubled pasts.
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Elif Shafak (The Island of Missing Trees)
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Just because you think itโ€™s safe here, it doesnโ€™t mean this is the right place for you, her heart countered. Sometimes where you feel most safe is where you least belong.
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Elif Shafak (10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World)
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Mourning is like virginity. You should give it to the one who deserves it most.
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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ุนู„ูŠ ุนูƒุณ ู…ุง ูŠุญุฏุซ ููŠ ุงู„ุฃูู„ุงู…ุŒ ูุฅู† ุงุดุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ" ู„ุง ุชูˆู…ุถ ููŠ ู†ู‡ุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ูƒุชุงุจุŒ ูุนู†ุฏู…ุง ุฃู‚ุฑุฃ ูƒุชุงุจุงู‹ุŒ ู„ุง ุฃุดุนุฑ ุจุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃู†ู‡ูŠุช ุฃูŠ ุดูŠุก. ู„ุฐู„ูƒ ูุฃู†ุง ุฃุจุฏุฃ ูƒุชุงุจุงู‹ ุฌุฏูŠุฏุงู‹
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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that is what migrations and relocations do to us: when you leave your home for unknown shores, you donโ€™t simply carry on as before; a part of you dies inside so that another part can start all over again.
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Elif Shafak (The Island of Missing Trees)
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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.
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Elif Shafak (The Architect's Apprentice)
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Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Imagination was a dangerously captivating magic for those compelled to be realistic in life, and words could be poisonous for those destined always to be silenced.
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Little did she yet understand that the end of childhood comes not when a childโ€™s body changes with puberty, but when her mind is finally able to see her life through the eyes of an outsider.
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Elif Shafak (10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World)
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ู‚ุงุนุฏุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ูŠุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ููƒุฑ ูˆุงู„ุญุจ ู…ู† ู…ูˆุงุฏ ู…ุฎุชู„ูุฉ ูุงู„ููƒุฑ ูŠุฑุจุท ุงู„ุจุดุฑ ููŠ ุนู‚ุฏ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุญุจ ูŠุฐูŠุจ ุฌู…ูŠุน ุงู„ุนู‚ุฏ ุฅู† ุงู„ููƒุฑ ุญุฐุฑ ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุฏูˆุงู… ูˆู‡ูˆ ูŠู‚ูˆู„ ู†ุงุตุญุง "ุงุญุฐุฑ ุงู„ูƒุซูŠุฑ ู…ู† ุงู„ู†ุดูˆุฉ" ุจูŠู†ู…ุง ุงู„ุญุจ ูŠู‚ูˆู„ "ู„ุง ุชูƒุชุฑุซ ุฃู‚ุฏู… ุนู„ู‰ ู‡ุฐู‡ ุงู„ู…ุฌุงุฒูุฉ" ูˆููŠ ุญูŠู† ุฃู† ุงู„ููƒุฑ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุฃู† ูŠุชู„ุงุดู‰ ุจุณู‡ูˆู„ุฉ ูุฅู† ุงู„ุญุจ ูŠุชู‡ุฏู… ุจุณู‡ูˆู„ุฉ ูˆูŠุตุจุญ ุฑูƒุงู…ุง ู…ู† ุชู„ู‚ุงุก ู†ูุณู‡ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ูƒู†ูˆุฒ ุชุชูˆุงุฑูŠ ุจูŠู† ุงู„ุฃู†ู‚ุงุถ ูˆุงู„ู‚ู„ุจ ุงู„ูƒุณูŠุฑ ูŠุฎุจุฆ ูƒู†ูˆุฒุง.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Some day this pain will be useful to you.
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Elif Shafak (The Island of Missing Trees)
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ูƒูŠู ูŠู…ูƒู† ู„ู„ู…ุฑุก ุฃู† ูŠู„ูˆู… ุงู„ุขุฎุฑูŠู† ู„ุฃู†ู‡ู… ู„ุง ูŠุญุชุฑู…ูˆู†ู‡ ุฅุฐุง ู„ู… ูŠูƒู† ูŠุนุชุจุฑ ู†ูุณู‡ ุฌุฏูŠุฑุง ุจุงู„ุงุญุชุฑุงู….
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุฏุฎู„ ุนุงุดู‚ ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠ ู„ู„ู‡ ู„ุฃูŠ ุญุงู†ุฉุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุตุจุญ ุบุฑูุฉ ุตู„ุงุชู‡, ู„ูƒู† ุนู†ุฏู…ุง ูŠุฏุฎู„ ุดุงุฑุจ ุงู„ุฎู…ุฑ ุฅู„ู‰ ุงู„ุบุฑูุฉ ู†ูุณู‡ุงุŒ ูุฅู†ู‡ุง ุชุตุจุญ ุฎู…ุงุฑุชู‡. ูููŠ ูƒู„ ุดูŠุก ู†ูุนู„ู‡ุŒ ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง ู‡ูŠ ุงู„ู…ู‡ู…ุฉุŒ ู„ุง ู…ุธุงู‡ุฑู†ุง ุงู„ุฎุงุฑุฌูŠุฉ.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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It's odd how faces, solid and visible as they are, evaporate, while words, made of breath, stay.
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Elif Shafak (The Architect's Apprentice)
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ููŠ ุงู„ุดุทุฑู†ุฌุŒ ูƒู…ุง ููŠ ุงู„ุญูŠุงุฉุŒ ุชูˆุฌุฏ ุญุฑูƒุงุช ุชู†ูุฐู‡ุง ู„ุชุฑุจุญุŒ ูˆ ุญุฑูƒุงุช ุชู‚ูˆู… ุจู‡ุง ู„ุฃู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ุญุฑูƒุงุช ุงู„ุชูŠ ูŠุฌุจ ุฃู† ุชู‚ุฏู… ุนู„ูŠู‡ุง.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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We must do what we can to mend our lives, we owe that to ourselves โ€“ but we need to be careful not to break others while achieving that.
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Elif Shafak (10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World)
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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 (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Because in real life, unlike in history books, stories come to us not in their entirety but in bits and pieces, broken segments and partial echoes, a full sentence here, a fragment there, a clue hidden in between. in life, unlike in books, we have to weave our stories out of threads as fine as the gossamer veins that run through a butterfly's wings.
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Elif Shafak (The Island of Missing Trees)
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Bountiful is your life, full and complete. Or so you think, until someone comes along and makes you realize what you have been missing all this time. Like a mirror that reflects what is absent rather than present, he shows you the void in your soulโ€”the void you have resisted seeing. That person can be a lover, a friend, or a spiritual master. Sometimes it can be a child to look after. What matters is to find the soul that will complete yours. All the prophets have given the same advice: Find the one who will be your mirror!".
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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If you want to change the way others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself. Unless you learn to love yourself, fully and sincerely, there is no way you can be loved. Once you achieve that stage, however, be thankful for every thorn others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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The Iron Rule of prudence for an Istanbulite Woman: If you are as fragile as a tea glass, either find a way to never encounter burning water and hope to marry an ideal husband or get yourself laid and broken as soon as possible. Alternatively, stop being a tea-glass woman!
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Elif Shafak (The Bastard of Istanbul)
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What iโ€™m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!
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Elif Shafak
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The chemistry of mind is different from the chemistry of love. The mind is careful, suspicious, he advances little by little. He advices โ€œBe careful, protect yourselfโ€ Whereas love says โ€œLet yourself, go!โ€ The mind is strong, never fells down, while love hurts itself, fells into ruins. But isnโ€™t it in ruins that we mostly find the treasures? A broken heart hides so many treasures.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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A map is a two-dimensional representation with arbitrary symbols and incised lines that decide who is to be our enemy and who is to be our friend, who deserves our love and who deserves our hatred and who, our sheer indifference. Cartography is another name for stories told by winners. For stories told by those who have lost, there isnโ€™t one.
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Elif Shafak (The Island of Missing Trees)
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ุฅู† ุงู„ู‚ุฐุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ุญู‚ูŠู‚ูŠุฉ ุชู‚ุจุน ููŠ ุงู„ุฏุงุฎู„ุŒ ุฃู…ุง ุงู„ู‚ุฐุงุฑุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฎุฑู‰ ูู‡ูŠ ุชุฒูˆู„ ุจุบุณู„ู‡ุง. ูˆูŠูˆุฌุฏ ู†ูˆุน ูˆุงุญุฏ ู…ู† ุงู„ู‚ุฐุงุฑุฉ ู„ุง ูŠู…ูƒู† ุชุทู‡ูŠุฑู‡ุง ุจุงู„ู…ุงุก ุงู„ู†ู‚ูŠุŒ ูˆู‡ูˆ ู„ูˆุซุฉ ุงู„ูƒุฑุงู‡ูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุชุนุตุจ ุงู„ุชูŠ ุชู„ูˆุซ ุงู„ุฑูˆุญ. ู†ุณุชุทูŠุน ุฃู† ู†ุทู‡ุฑ ุฃุฌุณุงู…ู†ุง ุจุงู„ุฒู‡ุฏ ูˆุงู„ุตูŠุงู…ุŒ ู„ูƒู† ุงู„ุญุจ ูˆุญุฏู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุงู„ุฐูŠ ูŠุทู‡ุฑ ู‚ู„ูˆุจู†ุง. Real filth is the one inside. The rest simply washes off. There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure waters, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart.
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Elif Shafak (The Forty Rules of Love)
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Intellect and love are made of two different materials. Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing, but love dissolves all tangles and risks everything. Intellect is always cautious and advises, โ€œBeware too much ecstasy,โ€ whereas Love says, โ€œOh never mind. Take the plunge!โ€ Intellect does not easily break down, whereas love can effortlessly reduce itself to rubble. But treasures are hidden amongst ruins. A broken heart hides treasure. (5)
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