Shafak Author Quotes & Sayings

It skims in through the eye, and by means of the utterly delicate retina hurls shadows like insect legs inward for translation. Then an immense space opens up in silence and an endlessly fecund sub-universe the writer descends, and asks the reader to descend after him, not merely to gain instructions but also to experience delight, the delight of mind freed from matter and exultant in the strength it has stolen from matter. — John Updike

Your worship is not a gift from you to God. It is
a gift from God to you. — Yasmin Mogahed

I doubt God would want to touch America's tax code, since it is already located in the third rung of Hell. — Larry J. Sabato

We must protect them (animals) and this land. If the animals die, this land dies. If this land dies, we die. — Diane Van Der Westhuizen

My mother always tells me, "Fear isn't from God," and I believe that. But sometimes, I wonder whether I'll be able step into the shoes that God has prepared for me. — Nate Parker

There is no satisfaction in eternity,' she said. 'There is only loss. — Elizabeth Fama

He was also handsome in a too-pretty way that made me think with less muscles, a wig, and some makeup, he'd look great in a dress.
Vlad's scowl vanished into a smile as the brunet's gaze swung in my direction as though he'd somehow heard that.
"Looks as though she's put you in your place as well, Bones," Vlad drawled. — Jeaniene Frost

It is the experience of love that enables us to change. — Steven Furtick

A well crafted life is like a good poem. What is left out tells others every bit as much about you as what is added in. — Eric Vance Walton