My whole life changed after I drowned and died in the flood.

Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.

Time doesn’t heal anything. It’s like drinking. The best it can do is help you forget, if you’re lucky.

If bullies actually believe that somebody loves them and believes in them, they will love themselves, they will become better people, and many will even become saviors to the bullied.

I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.

We watch our competitors, learn from them, see the things that they were doing for customers and copy those things as much as we can.

An idle man's brain is the devil's workshop.

Even if we forget the faces of our friends, we will never forget the bonds that were carved into our souls.

Your character is your fate.

If architecture is the history of all phallic emotion, the Empire State Building is utter catharsis, and we are sitting in its silhouette.

I just see me, an ordinary girl. I know my life is not typical, but I have tried to stay really grounded and true to myself. My family really helps me with that.