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Elif Shafak

  • Fahuma Mohamedhas quoted2 months ago
    till waters—a predictable sequence of habits, needs, and preferences.
  • Fahuma Mohamedhas quoted2 months ago
    ore important things than passion and love in a marriage, such as understanding, affection, compassion, and that most godlike act a person could perform, forgiveness.
  • Fahuma Mohamedhas quoted2 months ago
    g, busy house with children, elegant furniture, and the wafting scent of homemade pies
  • Fahuma Mohamedhas quoted2 months ago
    ve came to Ella as suddenly and brusquely as if a stone had been hurled from out of nowhere into the tranquil pond of her life.
  • Fahuma Mohamedhas quoted2 months ago
    Isn’t connecting people to distant lands and cultures one of the strengths of good literature?”
  • Fahuma Mohamedhas quoted2 months ago
    ecret of the Qur’an lies in the verse Al-Fatiha,
    And the secret of Al-Fatiha lies in Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
    And the quintessence of Bismillah is the letter ba,
    And there is a dot below that letter.…
    The dot underneath the B embodies the entire universe.…

    The Mathnawi starts with B,
  • Fahuma Mohamedhas quoted2 months ago
    secret of the Qur’an lies in the verse Al-Fatiha,
    And the secret of Al-Fatiha lies in Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
    And the quintessence of Bismillah is the letter ba,
    And there is a dot below that letter.…
    The dot underneath the B embodies the entire universe.…

    The Mathnawi starts with B,
  • Rustem Dikhanovhas quotedlast year
    There were more important things than passion and love in a marriage, such as understanding, affection, compassion, and that most godlike act a person could perform, forgiveness. Love was secondary to any of these. Unless, that is, one lived in novels or romantic movies, where the protagonists were always larger than life and their love nothing short of legend.
  • Afia Subahhas quoted9 months ago
    No matter who we are or where we live, deep inside we all feel incomplete. It’s like we have lost something and need to get it back. Just what that something is, most of us never find out. And of those who do, even fewer manage to go out and look for it.
  • Mahreen Begumhas quoted19 days ago
    “She is a prize. Always was,”

    My Mother is a prize. She always was. I realised it very late that she's not like the other typical ones who blame their daughters for everything they have been doing or have done. She always supported me in every way possible. But somewhere I thought she isn't the ideal and that made me so guilty and Right now as well.
    That's why
    "She is a prize. Always was."

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