Article Five: If you have no reason or ability to accomplish anything, then just practice the art of becoming.
Elif SafakIdentity politics divides us. Fiction connects. One is interested in sweeping generalizations. The other, in nuances. One draws boundaries. The other recognizes no frontiers. Identity politics is made of solid bricks. Fiction is flowing water.
Elif SafakThe words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.
Elif SafakWe cannot abandon this rabbit hole for fear of a traumatic encounter with our own culture.
Elif Safak