Anagha

“It seemed to Leila that human beings exhibited a profound impatience with the milestones of their existence. For one thing, they assumed that you automatically became a wife or a husband the moment you said, ‘I do!’ But the truth was, it took years to learn how to be married. Similarly, society expected maternal – or paternal – instincts to kick in as soon as one had a child. In fact, it could take quite a while to figure out how to be a parent – or a grandparent, for that matter. Ditto with retirement and old age.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Never be ashamed of your tears. Cry and everyone knows you’re alive.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Humeyra believed there was something markedly similar about the experience of being overweight and being prone to melancholy. In both cases society blamed the sufferer. No other medical condition was regarded this way.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“The world is no longer the same for the one who has fallen in love, the one who is at its very centre; it can only spin faster from now on.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World