Sarah Raanan

“It was a place so unlike my own reality that I could go there and rewire my brain. I could find refuge in that storyland”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

“Go like water, come back like water—freely and easily.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

“When I look back, I realize I’d have gone crazy if I didn’t have other places to retreat to—the further away from my own reality the better.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

“For too long she has taken so little pleasure in life, invaded by a sickening, sinking feeling, even as she went through the motions of each new day, each piece of work.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky