Author of quotes: Elif Shafak. Page 20

From the very first day when the woman struck him with her contradictions. She seemed shy, timid and shy, but he felt that under the brittle outer shell hides a solid core that in the delicate fabric of her soul are woven the threads of courage, perseverance and determination. Sometimes her eyes beamed with light which is in early childhood Elias was seen only in the eyes of his mother. But at the same time on her face constantly lying sad shadow. Actually, it is the inescapable aura of sadness that surrounded Pimbi, pushed her Elias.

If people know that your heart is made of glass, they certainly will break.

Mom did everything she could to protect me from the attacks of evil spirits. But she forgot that evil spirits had nested inside of me. It is impossible to protect people from enemies he carries within himself.

Her remarks were always sharp as shards of glass. Arrogance is an integral part of her nature, partly served as a method of self-defense. It touched not so much the sharpness of her observations, how their anonymity. Whenever Roxanne showered him with reproaches, Adimu it seemed she was talking not to him, but to all men knew.

Like two comets, they at breakneck speed raced toward the collision, leaving behind a trail of unfulfilled promises and dashed hopes.

All my childhood ADEM torn between two fathers: his sober Baba and his drunken Baba. These two men lived in the same body, but differ as day and night. The contrast between them was so striking that little Adam thought every night potion his father didn't turn frogs into princesses and witches to dragons - it turned man whom he loved in the stranger.

Each man gives peace: someone entering into your life, and someone leaving.

It is easy to love a perfect God, unblemished and spotless. But how much harder to love a fellow-mortal with all its imperfections and shortcomings. Remember, the man knows what he's capable of love. There is no wisdom without love. If we do not love God's creation, we will not be able to truly love and to truly know God.

The mind is not easy to cheat, but love is easy to mix with the dirt. However, this dirt can be hidden treasure.

Most of the problems of humanity grow out of mutual misunderstanding. It is impossible to perceive the words in a straight line. When we enter the zone of love, language is not usable. Love can not fit into words, it can be passed only in silence.

True dirt - inside of us. The rest simply wash off. There is only one dirt that cannot be removed with clean water - the stain of hatred and bigotry that has infected the soul. Can clean the abstinence and fasting of his body, but the heart is purified only by love.