Karleen

“Narin knows that whenever there is a memorial gathering, it is an elder female who must lead the way. Mourning is a woman’s job—and so is remembrance.”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

“Is it any wonder that Canada, so generous when it comes to supporting the arts, is also a world leader when it comes to creating community, fashioning a global vision and nurturing an expansive vision of humanity?”
― Pico Iyer, Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells

“In the Milky Way, which is about 110,000 light-years across, our sun is just one of between 100 and 400 billion stars, most hosting their own planets. Galaxies, like egos, come in varying sizes, and while ours is fairly spacious, there are others like the Andromeda galaxy (our neighbor) that are much, much larger.”
― Ella Frances Sanders, Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe

“In honor of the guests, breakfast is a feast today: fried green peppers with yogurt sauce, sour-cherry jam, sweet-chili marmalade, glazed halloumi and dried figs, bulgur-stuffed aubergines with tamarind, currants and pine nuts, pistachio tahini halva, hummus with flatbread, scrambled eggs with red pepper, cheese with wild garlic, and the first batch of honey from the beehive, topped with clotted”
― Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky