Sundara (StoriesfromMyShelf)

“People always told her to fight depression. But I have a feeling that as soon as we see something as our enemy we make it stronger. Like a boomerang. You hurl it away, it comes back and hits you with equal force.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Funerals are for the living,”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

“Grief is a swallow,” he said. “One day you wake up and you think it's gone, but it's only migrated to some other place, warming its feathers. Sooner or later, it will return and perch in your heart again.”
― Elif Shafak, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World