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41 " The past lives within the present, and our ancestors breathe through our children. "
― Elif Shafak , The Bastard of Istanbul
42 " 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! "
43 " 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. "
44 " Article Five: If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then just practice the art of becoming. "
45 " That was the one thing about the rain that likened it to sorrow: You did your best to remain untouched, safe and dry, but if and when you failed, there came a point in which you started seeing the problem less in terms of drops than as an incessant gush, and thereby you decide you might as well get drenched. "
46 " كل شيء يتوقف على موقفك إزاء الأمور. فإن كنت تبحث عن وحيد القرن الأرجواني اللون, فلن تستغرق وقتاً طويلاً حتى تبدأ في رؤيته في كل مكان. "
47 " لا يجوز أن تلعن أي شيء يهطل من السماء.. حتى لو كان مطرا "
48 " That is why we can suicidally fall in love with others but can rarely reciprocate the love of those suicidally in love with us. "
49 " فعندما لا تفضي لأحد بشيء استثنائي، فأنه سيعتبر أن كل شيء يسير علي ما يرام "
50 " لكنها كانت واثقة من أنها لا تستطيع أن تعرف حدودها إلا عندما تتجاوزها "
51 " We cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture. "
52 " كان الأمر بتلك الدرجة من السوء, مثل أن تخسر جائزة اليانصيب الكبرى بسبب اختلاف رقم واحد فقط. "
53 " If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then practice the art of becoming.If you have no reason or ability to practice the art of becoming, then just be.If you don't have any reason or ability to just be, then endure. "
54 " There is no together anymore. Once a pomegranate breaks and all its seeds scatter in differetnt directions, you cannot put it back together. "
55 " once there was, once there wasn't, God's creature were as plentiful as grains and talking too much was a sin. "
56 " الحياة مجرد مصادفات مع ان الامر يحتاج الى جني لكي يتسوعب هذا اامر "
57 " It is a scientifically known fact that collectivities are capable of manipulating their individual members’ beliefs, thoughts, and even bodily reactions. You keep hearing a certain story over and over again, and the next thing you know you have internalized the narrative. From that moment on it ceases to be someone else’s story. It is not even a story anymore, but reality, your reality! "
58 " From her he had learned two fundamental things about love: first, that unlike what the romantics so pompously argued, love was more a gradual course than a sudden blossoming at first sight, and second, that he was capable of loving. "
59 " Was it really better for human beings to discover more of their pasts? And then more and more...? Or was it simply better to know as little of the past as possible and even to forget what small amount was remembered? "
60 " Don't underestimate the good in you "