Death Quote by Elif Shafak — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“God is a meticulous clockmaker. So precise is His order that everything on earth happens in its own time. Neither a minute late nor a minute early. And for everyone without exception, the clock works accurately. For each there is a time to love and a time to die.”

“Poverty is a nation with no borders and he is no foreigner in it but a native son.”

“We live in an age of too much information, very little knowledge, and even less wisdom.”

“Wisdom is a mountain capped with snow. I've yet to meet the person who's given it a hug.”

“Mourning is like virginity. You should give it to the one who deserves it most.”

“It was always like this. When you spoke the truth, they hated you. The more you talked about love, the more they hated you.”

“She had lost all our memories for ever, and it was as though by dying she had robbed me of part of myself. I was losing my individuality. It was the first stage of my own death, the memories dropping off like gangrened limbs.”

“Death cuts off possibilities. Even if they were possibilities you never meant to act on, it feels different”

“For a moment amongst the crowd, I saw you. I've since found out it's common for people separated from someone they love to keep seeing that loved one amongst strangers; something to do with recognition units in our brain being too heated and too easily triggered. This cruel trick of the mind lasted only a few moments, but was long enough to feel with physical force how much I needed you.”

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students.”

“Time and space were, from Death's point of view, merely things that he'd heard described. When it came to Death, they ticked the box marked Not Applicable. It might help to think of the universe as a rubber sheet, or perhaps not.”