Tina > Tina's Quotes

“Every book is a journey, a map into the complexities of the human mind and soul.”
― Elif Shafak, Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within

“She wanted to do things without having to worry what others thought.
She simply lived for her freedom.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“At the end of the day, whether one returns to the past or travels to the future, the present doesn't change.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold

“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!”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“Take me someplace where we can be silent together.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

“All transformation appears to be motivated by desperation and emergency.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things

“Silence isn’t neutrality; it is supporting the status-quo.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century

“Sometimes there happens to be a particularly determined person in the audience who asks, ‘So where is the hope?’ My answer is always the same: ‘Follow the young women.”
― Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship

“Feeling nothing was now a badge of honour.”
― Ece Temelkuran, How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship

“I miss you more than I remember you.”
― Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“Male writers are thought of as "writers" first and then "men". As for female writers, they are first "female" and only then "writers".”
― Elif Shafak, Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within

“How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.”
― Elif Şafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“We evolved for scarcity but live in abundance. There’s”
― Eric Jorgenson, The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness

“When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said.
"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar