Quotes by Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

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...for love loves power. That is why we can suicidally fall in love with others but can rarely reciprocate the love of t — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
Because time is a drop in the ocean, and you cannot measure off one drop against another to see which one is bigger, whi — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
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 fee — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
It is so demanding to be born into a house full of women, where everyone loves you so overwhelmingly that they end up su — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
Some among the Armenians in the diaspora would never want the Turks to recognize the genocide. If they do so, they'll pu — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
...when women survive an awful marriage or love affair, and all that shit, they generally avoid another relationship for — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
It never took her long to darken any conversation, as from birth she was inclined to see misery in each and every story, — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
To the one in the skies, this city must look like a scintillating pattern of speckled glows in all directions, like a fi — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
There was something in the color white that resembled silence. Both were emptied of life. — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul
I know every single street in this town. And I love strolling these streets in the mornings, in the evenings, and then a — Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul