Gaze Elif Shafak Quotes & Sayings

Yoga is really the practice of seeing what's most important. Focusing on that first. Then it helps everything else sort of fall into alignment. — MC Yogi

Nature can seem cruel, but she balances her books. — Alison Lurie

When life gives you lemons, get rid of that grimace and use that pucker for a kiss! — Fiola Faelan

I have done what I felt to be my duty. — Thomas Francis Meagher

Traces of human life vanish very quickly: Glafira Petrovna's estate had not yet gone wild, but it seemed already to have sunk into that quiet repose which possesses everything on earth wherever there is no restless human infection to affect it. — Ivan Turgenev

I thought about our make-out sessions. I compared them to the best sex I'd had thus far, and Alex won, probably because, with Alex, everything took hours. He was a savorer, a relisher. He took his time, used my body to experiment, determined that every inch must be tasted - every inch but the very center.
You know, the best inch. — Penny Reid

The life she'd led, each of the places she'd called home sending unexpected shoots toward the next, had made her open to almost anything. — Andrea Barrett

You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible. — Jean Paul Gaultier

I'm 38 and I'm single and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in different ways, and this way happens to be mine. — Caroline Knapp

It's not important to be defined, it's only important to use your time well. — Ani DiFranco

Before you judge another, ask yourself if what you don't like in them is actually what you don't like in yourself. — Joe Vitale

To the one in the skies, this city must look like a scintillating pattern of speckled glows in all directions, like a firecracker going off amid thick darkness. Right now the urban pattern glowing here is in hues of orange, ginger, and ochre. It is a configuration of sparkles, each dot a light lit by someone awake at this hour. From where the Celestial Gaze is situated, from that high above, all these sporadically lit bulbs must seem in perfect harmony, constantly flickering, as if coding a cryptic message to God. — Elif Shafak

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different. — Lemony Snicket

You can't sleep until noon with the proper elan unless you have some legitimate reason for staying up until three (parties don't count). — Jean Kerr