Tina

“Male writers are thought of as "writers" first and then "men". As for female writers, they are first "female" and only then "writers".”
― Elif Shafak, Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within

“How we see God is a direct reflection of how we see ourselves. If God brings to mind mostly fear and blame, it means there is too much fear and blame welled inside us. If we see God as full of love and compassion, so are we.”
― Elif Şafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“When they asked me what I wanted to be I said I didn’t know.
"Oh, sure you know," the photographer said.
"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

“All transformation appears to be motivated by desperation and emergency.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, The Signature of All Things