“Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.”

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

To those who are given much, much is expected.

The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.

I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

We need much less than we think we need.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets

Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.

On the meeting point of two worlds, the ornament of Turkish homeland, the treasure of Turkish history, the city cherished by the Turkish nation, İstanbul, has its place in the hearts of all citizens.

I wrote many poems about her and held her so close to my heart that she did not even knew a place there.

You’ve got to sing from the depths of the heart. Without heart, you cannot be a Qawwal.

There are stars in my heart shining for you.

Silent hearts carrying pain quietly are likely to make thunders cry loud.

I traced the outlines of my heart and dumped out the contents. I laid them all in front of you and watched you walk away.