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.
Elif ShafakTags: love
...why is it that, in creative writing courses today, the very first thing we teach students is write what you know? Perhaps that's not the right way to start at all. Imaginative literature is not necessarily about writing who we are or what we know or what our identity is about. We should teach young people and ourselves to expand our hearts and write what we can feel. We should get out of our cultural ghetto and go visit the next one and the next.
Elif Shafak"Умът и любовта са от различно тесто. Умът привързва човека и не се излага на никакви опасности, докато любовта разплита всички възли и излага на опасност всичко. Умът винаги е предпазлив и съветва: „Пази се от прекалено въодушевление“, докато любовта казва: „О, карай! Престраши се!“. Умът не се прекършва лесно, докато... любовта може в миг да се превърне в отломъци. Но именно сред развалините са скрити съкровища. Едно разбито сърце крие в себе си несметни богатства" -Елиф Шафак
Elif ShafakYou 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.
Elif ShafakAşık olmak sevgilinin isimlerini kendine mal etmektir, aşkın bitmesi ise isimlerin iadesi. İsimler insanların varoluş kalelerine uzanan köprülerdir. Onlar vasıtasıyla başkaları, hem dostlar hem de düşmanlar parmak ucunda içeri girmenin bir yolunu bulurlar. Birinin adını öğrenmek varoluşunun yarısını ele geçirmektir, gerisi parçalar ve ayrıntılardan ibarettir. Çocuklar bunu ruhlarının derinliklerinde bilirler. Bir yabancı isimlerini sorduğunda içgüdüsel olarak söylemeyi reddetmeleri bundandır. Çocuklar isimlerin gücünü idrak eder ama büyüdüklerinde unutuverirler.
Elif ShafakIt is so demanding to be born into a house full of women, where everyone loves you so overwhelmingly that they end up suffocating with their love; a house where you, as the only child, have to be more mature than all the adults around....
But the problem is that they want me to become everything they themselves couldn't accomplish in life.....
As a result, I had to work my butt off to fulfill all their dreams at the same time.
Tags: growing-up women
I see what you mean. It must be a huge relief, and an easy way out, to think the devil is always outside of us. (…) we would stop looking for Sheitan outside and instead focus on ourselves. What we need is sincere self-examination. Not being on the watch for the faults of others.” (p. 257).
Elif ShafakAşkı aramadan evvel düşün bir,ya benden nasıl bir aşık olur?İnsanın sevdası karakterinin yansımasıdır.Sen kavgacı isen, ha bire öfkeli, aşkı da bir cenk gibi yaşarsın.Gönlü pak olanın sevgisi de saf olur.
Elif ShafakWhatever 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.
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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