Love exists within each of us from the moment we are born and waits to be discovered from then on.
Elif SafakIsn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?
Elif SafakBut let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and eventually they die
Elif SafakHow can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships? It is easy to enjoy the good and dislike the bad. Anybody can do that. The real challenge is to love the good and the bad together, not because you need to take the rough with the smooth but because you need to go beyond such descriptions and accept love in its entirety.
Elif Safak