Rumsha

“That is why we can suicidally fall in love with others but can rarely reciprocate the love of those suicidally in love with us.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

“once there was, once there wasn't, God's creature were as plentiful as grains and talking too much was a sin.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul

“Do you like books, Lady Murray?' Lavinia asked.
'Just to read,' Violet said.
'A mistake. A very big mistake. A poorly bound book disintegrates. Where would our learning be then? We need something permanent, solid. We need to treat words with the respect they are due. Treasure them. Adorn the books that contain these words with leather bindings, illuminate their words with gold. We shouldn't treat learning lightly.'
'But I would treat a word scrawled on a scrap of paper with the same respect as one written on an illuminated manuscript.”
― Alice Thompson

“Mourning is like virginity. You should give it to the one who deserves it most.”
― Elif Shafak, The Bastard of Istanbul