Nona

“And perhaps that was the great ill of the world, that those prone to evil were left untouched by guilt to a degree so vast that they might sleep through a storm, while better men, conscience-stained men, lay awake as though that very storm persisted unyieldingly in the furthest reaches of their soul.”
― Nathan Harris, The Sweetness of Water

“When elderly Cypriot women wish ill upon someone, they don’t ask for anything blatantly bad to befall them. They don’t pray for lightning bolts, unforeseen accidents or sudden reversals of fortune. They simply say, May you never be able to forget. May you go to your grave still remembering.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“When Westerners run away like that it means those of us they leave behind are in deep shit.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees

“Better to keep some distance from all collective beliefs and certainties, I always remind myself.”
― Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees