βIn the blackest sky there is a star glimmering high above,
In the deepest night ,
A candle burning.
Never despair.
You must always look for the nearest source of life.β
- There are rivers in the sky, Elif Shafak
βIt occurs to him on that night that there is a side to friendship that resembles faith. Both are built on fragility of trust.β
- There are rivers in the sky, Elif Shafak
βHome is where your absence is felt, the echo of your voice kept alive, no matter how long you have been away or how far you may have strayed, a place that still beats with the pulse of your heart.β
- There are rivers in the sky, Elif Shafak
βFew things harden the human heart as fast as jealousy. Cold and commanding, it settles quickly in the warm spot left by affection, chilling it with its bitter touch.β
- There are rivers in the sky, Elif Shafak
βShe wants to tell him that she does not necessarily view the breakdown of her marriage as a failure. She has loved, and been loved. What more could one want? It would be naive to assume that love can go on forever - sooner or later, it is bound to wither.β
- Elif Shafak
βMore and more, he comes to realize that people fall into three camps: those who hardly, if ever, see beauty, even when it strikes them between the eyes; those who recognize it only when it is made apparent to them;
βHatred is a poison served in three cups. The first is when people despise those they desire - because they want to have them in their possession. Its all out of hubris! The second is when people loathe those they do not understand. Its all out of fear!
But the best students are those who acquire generosity and compassion from their encounters with hardships and cruelty. The ones who choose not to inflict their suffering on to others. And what you learn is what you take with you to your grave.β
- There are rivers in the sky
βWell this world is a school and we are its students. Each of us studies something as we pass through. Some people learn love, kindness. Others, Iβm afraid, abuse and brutality.
βIt is as if love, by its fluid nature, its riverine force, is all about the melding of markers, to the extent that you can no longer tell where your being ends and anotherβs begins.β
- There are rivers in the sky, Elif Shafak
"Gilgamesh.. He did not see that the only way to become immortal is to be remembered after you have gone, and the only way to be remembered is to leave behind a good story."
- There are rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak
"Free woman. Free writing. Like Mother Mary taught me.
I hadn't just avoided the guilded cage. I had blow it to smithereens."
- Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy
"People who thought of themselves as successful and prosperous suddenly seemed like such an embarrassment, the way they strutted around and stole the light."
- Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy