all the salt of Turkish life consists of politics and official intrigue.

He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool -- shun him. He who knows not and knows he knows not: he is simple -- teach him.

I have no leisure to think of style or of polish, or to select the best language, the best English - no time to shine as an authoress. I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

I saw the desert, it grew upon me. There are times, when I have sorrows, that I hunger and thirst for it.

People of delicate health, selfish dispositions, and coarse minds, can always bear the sufferings of others placidly.

I must just think aloud, so as not to keep the public waiting.

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate

We can know nothing of humankind without knowing something of ourselves. Self-knowledge is the property of those people whose passions have their full play, but who ponder over their results.

Then I break a glass and I slit my very innermost thigh so that I can pretend that I'm menstru--- well, unavailable.

One of the greatest things in life is that no one has the authority to tell you what you want to be. You're the one who'll decide what you want to be.

Space and time are real for the man who is yet imperfect, and space is divided for him into dimensions; time, into past, present, and future.

We just wanted to put a smile on people's faces. That's all we ever wanted to do.

To the resentment that hides inside love, to the loneliness that hides among companions.

There is no better protection against the euro crisis than successful structural reforms in southern Europe.

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you