Ruby Manougian

“Farklı disiplinleri sentezleyin. Merak ediyorsanız Tanrı'yı, ne olur yalnızca dine odaklanmayın artık. Dinsel kavgalar ve çekişmeler insanlığı böler, zihinlerinizi mühürler. Matematiğe, fiziğe, müziğe, resme, şiire, dansa başvurun. Sanat özünde bir arayıştır. Tanrı ilmi de arayıştır. Demek ki, Tanrı'ya inansanız da, inanmasanız da konuya yaratıcılıkla yaklaşabilirsiniz.”
― Elif Shafak, Havva'nın Üç Kızı

“فعندما نغرم ببعضنا بعضا، نحول الشخص الآخر إلى إله، يا لخطورة هذا الأمر. وحين لا يبادلنا الحب، نرد عليه بالغضب والامتغاص والكراهية...
- ثمة شيء في الحب يشبه الإيمان. نوع من الثقة العمياء. أليس كذلك؟ الشعور بالنشوة وطعم السعادة، سحر الارتباط بمخلوق خارج نفوسنا المحدودة والمألوفة. لكن إذا جرفنا الحب - أو الإيمان - فإنه يتحول إلى عقيدة، إالى تعلق، وتتحول العذوبة الى حموضة، ونعاني بين أيدي الآلهة التي خلقناها بأنفسنا.”
― Elif Shafak, Three Daughters of Eve

“Aristotle says in the book of secrets that communicating too many arcana of nature and art breaks a celestial seal and many evils can ensue. Which does not mean that secrets must not be revealed, but that the learned must decide when and how.”
― Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose

“We should call on the Creator to show more modesty. He created the world in a frenzy of excitement. Instead of revising his rough drafts, he had his work printed straightaway. What a lot of contradictions there are in it. What a log of typing errors, inconsistencies in the plot, passages that are too long and wordy, characters that are entirely superfluous. But it is painful and difficult to cut and trim the living cloth of a book written and published in too much of a hurry”
― Vasily Grossman, An Armenian Sketchbook