Wejdan Albadrani

“Where do you start someone's story when life has more then one thread and what we call birth is not the only beginning, nor is death exactly an end.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“A map is a two-dimensional representation with arbitrary symbols and incised lines that decide who is to be our enemy and who is to be our friend, who deserves our love and who deserves our hatred and who, our sheer indifference. Cartography is another name for stories told by winners. For stories told by those who have lost, there isn’t one.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“anyone who expects love to be sensible has perhaps never loved.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“bridges appear in our lives only when we are ready to cross them.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees