Yasmin Essop

“Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.”
― Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

“I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One leg of the compass is static. It is fixed and rooted in a certain spot. Meanwhile, the other leg draws a huge wide circle around the first one, constantly moving. Just like that, one part of my writing is based in Istanbul. It has strong local roots. Yet at the same time the other part travels the whole wide world, feeling connected to several cities, cultures, and peoples.”
― Elif Shafak

“Bring the pure wine of
love and freedom.
But sir, a tornado is coming.
More wine, we'll teach this storm
A thing or two about whirling.”
― Rumi

“O my Beloved, in both worlds, the best place is that where I can prostrate myself upon Thy feet And where
in words of love , YOU and I can converse.”
― Hazrat Abdul Qadir Jilani