"Just as there is no such thing as absolute death, nor is there absolute silence, for silence, too, converses in its own language and dialect."

"Discomfort is not an emotional state but a doorway she easily passes through several times a day."

"It is vanity to assume that our mere presence can alter the course of events."

"It is an odd thing, to lose faith in the beliefs you once held firmly. How strange it is to have carried your convictions like a set of keys, only to realize they will not open any doors."

"There is an immense loneliness in his heart, where there should have been intimacy. He carries within him desires suppressed, secrets withheld. Love is a puzzle in cuneiform, one he has not been able to solve."

"Home 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."

"In the span of a sentence a storyteller can jump back and forth centuries, as if a millennium could pass in the blink of an eye. But then it takes hours to describe a single event, every minute a stretch, an eternity."

“You can’t know what is possible unless you try to imagine it first." (repost)

"I’ve been wanting to tell you. I think you’re a lovely person. It’s just so easy to feel lost when you feel low, like you’re drifting alone in endless floodwaters. But you’re not alone. There are many of us on this wooden Ark—sailing without knowing if there is land ahead. Sailing in hope nonetheless…”

"In the blackest sky there is a star glimmering high above, in the deepest night, a candle burning bright. Never despair. You must always look for the nearest source of life."

There are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak