em

“Sometimes, for the soul to thrive, the heart needs to be broken, son.”
― Elif Shafak, The Architect's Apprentice

“For apprentices everywhere - no one told us that love was the hardest craft to master”
― Elif Shafak, The Architect's Apprentice

“Grief is a swallow,' he said. 'One day you wake up and you think it's gone, but it's only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Perhaps this is why lunatics have a harder time dating, not because they are off the wall but because it is hard to find soemone who is willing to date so many people in one person.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul