Quotes and Aphorisms 01.11.2018
Dear readers, today I would like to talk to you about the work of one of my favorite authors - Elchin Safarli. This is absolutely and one hundred percent my writer. Sometimes he is accused of the fact that his books are more like incoherent stories, that it is very difficult to catch the thread that connects them. But at a certain point in your life, you will always find in his works exactly those words that are close to you and that you need at that particular moment.
I literally enjoy every line of his stories. I love such soft, enveloping, unhurried stories that are literally created for long autumn and winter evenings. And today I propose to enjoy together the quotes from the books of Elchin Safarli, so vital, wise, true, seasoned with a pinch of exotic spices of the East. Perhaps, after reading them, you will want to re-read his books.
In every separation a new meeting is hidden
This book is a real find for those in whose life a difficult period has now come. The hero of this novel survived a terrible tragedy - he lost his beloved wife, who, moreover, was pregnant. A woman from his past helps him survive this terrible grief, at first just as a comrade, then they become something incommensurably greater for each other.
There is no happy ending in the book. But still, Elchin Safarli's novel "They Promised You to Me" is very bright and life-affirming, and quotes from it really help to come to terms with the fact that the past must be left behind and move forward.
"It's me. Hiding and lying that this is just an image is ridiculous. He included in this story a difficult period of his life, when time took me away from me. Talking about loss hurts. It's better to write about it. I tried, and I did not notice how I grew out of it. It is impossible to rediscover the beauty of the world without losing something important. In the place of the lost, there are voids of bottomless ravines. And trying to fill them, you begin to appreciate life more. Let our losses be a test for us, but not torture.
“There is a power in the heart of every person that helps to get what you want. She will not give rest until you reach the very point to which you aspired. Everything is possible under one condition: to really want what you are going for.
“Love is the very thing that causes the desire to live.”
“Your” people stay with you, no matter how you whine, no matter how you scream, no matter how you disappear. They just eat, they are happy to open the door for you, stretch out their hands, share a sandwich.
“I haven’t seen anything wrong with my own loneliness for a long time. People greatly exaggerate the importance of the relationship between two people. Yes, it is important, but it is not so important to dissolve in torment, like a fizz in a glass of water. Everything is much easier. Yes, it means good; no, it means it will be. And if it doesn't, then that's the way it should have been. Or not so much. At times it is good to go with the flow. When we cling to something, we miss something more important.”
“Over the years, the ease of steps is lost. Not taking into account that it is impossible to become a winner without learning to lose, we measure, think over, analyze a hundred times, which simply harms the cause. And it’s useful to completely forget about “can” and “can’t”, and without any ulterior motive, enjoy something simple, enjoying the taste of life. At times, you have to allow yourself to get carried away by doing nothing. Without haste, walk with a soft step to a waltz of snowflakes, and not run headlong; just sit on a chair and look out the window as the house opposite is being built; just don't talk, close your eyes and hug.
“In the question, is the glass half full or empty, I prefer the answer “there is water in the glass.” The main thing is that there is still water. Encouraging realism...?
“We have forgotten how to look at clouds crumpled by flying planes. We have become hostages of egocentric theories, buzzwords that describe someone else's experience, ideas that betray general indifference, colorless realities of everyday life. We no longer peer at sunsets, we are more interested in an advertising offer in a magazine. We should look into ourselves more often. It does not require money or special conditions. Everything is very simple. Stop and carefully look inside, where a quiet heart has already despaired of calling us ... But it's easier for us to justify our inability to live busy. I myself am like that.”
“The life of two is much happier when the desire to understand is more important than to be understood; when the desire to do something pleasant is not fraught with plans to get something in return, even gratitude. When love does not even change to love, but is only given.
“There are places where we definitely need to be. If not constantly, then at least periodically return there.
"The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past."
“Fate throws up dilemmas, and you always have to choose - we lose one thing, we gain another. To hell with the talk of harmony. She is not. There is a balance between losses and gains.”
“In order for the state of enchanting happiness not to turn into a routine, attacks of wild melancholy must necessarily occur.”
"The right choice in reality does not exist - there is only the choice made and its consequences."
“In life, people periodically crumble into pieces, and then they are collected, and a new picture is obtained. I don’t know what kind of picture I am, I’m all the time in pieces. Sometimes they are larger, and then I feel better, and it seems that some kind of harmonious prudence is about to come. And sometimes they are so small that I don’t understand at all what to do with these crumbs. Exhausting. I would like to straighten my back, not to stoop - so I would always live. But in the evening I return home, I understand that I did not find answers for the day, and I crumble again. Scattered life. Until the final whistle."
“No one owes anything to anyone, everyone just needs each other.”
"The longer you wait, the more likely you are waiting in the wrong place."
“You have to cross the abyss to get to the other side. This is how everything new begins.”
“Everyone forgets differently. Someone seeks salvation in vodka, someone in illusions, someone in the past. If I'm looking for salvation, does that mean I still believe? Or is it just a temporary pain reliever?”
"Convincedly happy people were once necessarily unhappy."
Without you, it's not so much, without you - there's no need
Randomly opening his book on any page, you can find accurate and precise words everywhere. And Elchin Safarli's quotes about love are simply amazing with their sensuality. Just listen to them...
“I was waiting all the time that the one that would become my destiny was about to appear. Like in books. So rarely does anyone get lucky. Personally, I was not lucky ... Brother, do not set the bar high in your personal life. Our halves are also the fruit of our efforts. It is possible to mold what you want. Not immediately, of course. With time. We, men, are most often to blame for our loneliness, subconsciously choosing freedom.
You were promised to me
"I hate myself for missing you unbearably."
You were promised to me
“- Son, remember, a man should not force a woman to live in uncertainty. Then love will definitely be replaced by hatred, sooner or later. They know how to love even in anticipation. It's us, men, when a woman goes away for a while, we start in our minds or openly look for a replacement for her. If you know you're not coming back, better tell the truth. She will cry, but she will accept. Just don't neglect it. This is something women don't deserve."
You were promised to me
“Love does not have a single recipe: who knows, maybe if there was one, separation would not be so painful and would be treatable ...”
The corner of her round house
“I know you won’t come back, but I will still love you. Always. There, inside, somewhere between a restless heart and tight ribs, you filled everything with a radiant light.
The corner of her round house
“Love must be constantly maintained in oneself. Good emotions and deeds, favorite places, books, people, solitude, animals. Love is like a muscle that needs to be constantly trained.
Tell me about the sea
“People associate too much with sex, while real intimacy goes deeper. She is in a gentle touch, in a calm look and even breathing nearby ... "
The corner of her round house
“Love is like a mountain river. Sweeps away any obstacles in its path. If not instantly, then very soon ... "
The corner of her round house
“To live differently is true madness. This is the biggest love mistake ... "
No memories without you
“Great love turns everything upside down - mixes seasons, devalues old values, changes tastes, directions. It somehow imperceptibly, gradually, like a stubborn snowdrop sprout, sprouts in that corner of the heart that seemed obsolete for a long time. And no one is immune from becoming, under the influence of this love, exactly what he was always afraid to become ... "
The corner of her round house
“I didn’t need anything from you but love. So ordinary, human. No touching notes in bouquets of flowers, no beautiful words from the other end of the wire, no plush “hare” and “sun” dozens of times a day. I just wanted to be by your side."
If you could know
“There are so many of you in me that sometimes I lose myself.”
The corner of her round house
“Love turns even the most grown-up people into sentimental teenagers…”
The corner of her round house
“There are people who are as comfortable as home. You hug them - and you understand: I'm at home.
If you could know
“In love, it is not only possible, but also necessary to believe in the impossible, incredible, as well as in the improbable, unthinkable, unproven. We have become too reasonable and down to earth, we are too afraid to make a mistake, and if we do make a mistake, we cannot forgive ourselves for too long. We don’t think about the fact that in this way its charm, lightness disappear from life - really very soon we will fly only by planes? .. "
The corner of her round house
I have failed in love...
This poignant book is so feminine that it is even surprising that a man wrote it. Elchin Safarli's novel "If You Only Knew" is practically a collection of quotes for those who had unrequited love in their lives. It's unbelievable how much soul and emotion it has!
“You cannot leave me, because no one ever leaves the heart. Physically it is possible, but not at the level of the heart. Those who are admitted to it remain forever in it. Only a rearrangement of seats is possible, for example, from the front rows to the far ones, but this does not change the essence: it is impossible to stay in the heart, they remain only for permanent residence in it.
“Before I left, I asked: “Tell me, do you love me?” You did not answer for a long time, and then dropped stubbornly: “I feel good with you. This is not enough?" At that moment, I was once again convinced that I was able to embellish absolutely everything in a womanish way - my life, the feelings of my beloved man, the world around me. Women are born decorators. With a brush in hand and an easel to boot. And men are sometimes blank canvases for us - we draw, paint, wipe somewhere, cover something up. Only now, as a rule, in the end it turns out that we do not draw from nature, but following the lead of fantasies, desires: and here it is - a complete inconsistency with reality. That's what happened to me. Although I don't regret anything. There were a lot of good things."
When you scream “I hate” in tears, it means that inside you shout “I love” even louder.
“I have nothing but myself. Everything that was there is still there. Now I do not divide time into past, present, future. Only today - in it one beginning, continuation and, most likely, the end of my life. Calendar with one page. That's better. Soberly assess what you have at the moment. Don't look back and don't look forward. No self-deception. Illusion is far from hope, and hope is not always reality. This is not pessimism. I accept life as it is. In German there is a word "hassliebe". If according to the dictionary, then it is translated as "a feeling oscillating between love and hate." This is how I feel about each of my “todays”.
“Unrequited love is like… a sore throat. Quite compatible with life, just unpleasant, but it is impossible not to think about it. Tea with lemon and honey helps for a while, and also time and silence. When you speak, it only becomes more painful - even your breath catches. So it's best to sit down and write. With each letter, the sore becomes sick. True, you don’t feel it right away - the effect comes a little later. ”
“I haven't seen you for a long time. Changed my phone number, deleted all your contacts. She learned to restrain herself when unbidden tears betray longing, and to hide her hands in her pockets when they themselves clench into fists with rage. I cheerfully answer questions, communicate with people and sometimes dance when the music is cheerful and does not resemble our songs. And I also work a lot. Everything seems to be fine, but all this is ... a game.
“The exhausting search for a loved one everywhere and everywhere, even when you know his specific location, is what is most insurmountable in longing.”
“In true love, there is no point. You can break up, quarrel, be disappointed - absolutely everything is possible. But whatever the reasons, true love still continues to live in the heart.
"Every woman only once meets a man who divides her life into two parts: before meeting him and after."
“I tried to negotiate with my heart, to explain to him: they say, stop torturing me - well, it didn’t work out, well, it didn’t agree, with whom it doesn’t happen. Let him go! Don't torment me, stop reminding me of him. It hurts. Understand, finally, that because he is always inside, it doesn’t make me feel better - I need him next to me. Make up your mind at last: now you want to forget him, then always remember him. Long requests, almost praying on her knees, but this competition of my own life with life without him continued.
Before going to bed, think about tomorrow. In it - a new morning, a new life
Behind the stories of this young talented author about the everyday life of ordinary people lies something more. Elchin Safarli's book "Tell me about the sea" is so warm and cozy, filling with love for life, let's enjoy beautiful quotes from it together.
“Life and people are a big garden of flowers. Each has its own color, smell, place, history. But absolutely all of them are loved by the sun. Reach for the sun, Finik, wait for it, no matter how long it rains.
Life is, of course, a choice. We choose every day, every minute, second - between good and evil, light and dark. Several doors open for us, the next is up to us - with whom, which one to enter. However, I know for sure that in the matter of meeting “your” person, it is important to wait. That from the very first step we go to each other, seeing many different people along the way. When the time is right (and that is decided up there, or perhaps within us), the meeting will take place. The main thing is not to give up and not to associate life with strangers.
We waste ourselves and time on the past and not yet happened - always there, not here. We fantasize about the future, mourn the past, missing the present moment. Phoenix, no one is responsible for your happiness except you.
Don’t force yourself to be happy when you’re unhappy, don’t try on endless advice like “get together and force yourself to do something”, “while you cry, happiness is leaving”, “time not to dream, but to act” and so on. It is even more dangerous to compare yourself with those who are supposedly stronger, stronger, more successful. Everyone has their own pace of life. But even at the bottom, remember that the sun is shining above, and believe that the morning will surely come when you wake up and understand: it has become easier.
The ability to rise to the next level comes with self-acceptance. Suppression is useless and harmful. You need to get to know yourself the present, accept yourself, forgive, try to become better. We came into this world solely for happiness. Only a happy person spreads goodness.
“Don't be afraid of the past, Phoenix. It must be remembered, but do not dive deep. And if you dive deep, have time to emerge in time. Otherwise, you will suffocate. Before going to bed, think about tomorrow. It has a new morning, a new life.”
Once I asked Uncle Orhan: “What is the best feeling in life?” He replied: "Go home, where they are waiting."
A person needs to be given a chance for a new life, and not to be stoned for the mistakes of the past.
In difficult situations, the best thing you can do for yourself is not to forget that everything is for the best, even if it is not immediately obvious.
There is healing in both happiness and sorrow. The rebirth of man.
Fear no one but yourself; do not run away from anyone, especially from yourself; do not poison your days with the bitterness of the past and the illusions of the future. The whole world - sunrises and sunsets, countries and cities, oceans and seas, partings and meetings - is in you.
“People seem to be able to control time, delay it or speed it up. That time belongs to them, and not vice versa. Phoenix, take good care of your minutes. Wasting time, wasting dreams. Hurry up to love, every minute, in every breath, exhale. There is little time, it is stupid to spend it on fuss, conflicts, dislike.
“Sometimes a person does not want to know what he really wants. So he's calmer."
It is impossible to fit all the wonderful quotes from the books of Elchin Safarli into the article, because there are so many of them: there is something to think about after the light and bright "Recipes for Happiness", something to think about after the sincere and sensual "I'll be back", well-aimed as a shot "Sweet salt of the Bosphorus" just mesmerizing. His books are about life and about love, about wisdom and self-confidence. Highly recommended reading!
And you can continue our cozy conversation and philosophize on other spiritual topics here:
About the sea in quotes and aphorismsOperation to replace the lens of the eye with cataracts
In order to always have a clear conscience, you do not need to dirty it. It's not clothes, you can't wash it. It's a pity. – Safarli
Called a taxi. A yellow car pulled up. “This color, indeed, is for separation,” I thought, and I said to her: “I will be back soon, dear.”
Women, as a rule, do not have their own principles. They listen to their inner voice, the voice of the heart and the men they love.
Elchin Safarli: “The presence of a smile on the face is not yet a joy. Its real manifestation lies in an unshakable faith in the best, even when it seems impossible. “Love from the bottom of the Bosphorus”
Only that love that survived separation can be eternal. “Love from the bottom of the Bosphorus”
All our childhood dreams largely determine our adult life. "I'll be back" - E. Safarli
Crazy people are called people who have not been able to prove their vision of reality. After all, it is difficult for society to accept the possibility of the existence of worlds unknown to it, well, except for the earthly and heavenly.
Only the person who once made us the happiest can make us the most unhappy.
Read the continuation of Elchin Safarli's quotes and aphorisms on the pages:
Love weaned me from looking for answers in books, trying on the stories of other people's heroines, listening to sentimental musical ballads with the thought: God, this is about me! That's all about me! In matters of your own destiny, you should turn to your heart. It, wise, knocks from our first second to the last - like an experienced radio operator sending important encrypted messages on the air. Why do we trust anyone but ourselves? And the heart knows best of all about the irretrievably gone, and about the bright hope. And only after losing contact with him, we stuff bumps and collect scars.
Envy the pigeons. Their freedom and trust. I'm not in a cage. I'm free with clipped wings. I can take off, but not fly away.
I'm waiting for autumn. With such impatience that she is ready to sacrifice all the other seasons to her. And I won't regret what I did at all. I need autumn. Very very. She will unleash those who are driven into the dark corner of survival. She will not force you to repeat cruel, but truthful words: “If we are all alone, then we are all alone in loneliness.” Autumn is called the season of sadness. I don’t agree: real sadness comes with summer, when there is no one to share the generosity of the sun with ...
The best teaching aid is life in its various manifestations. “There without back”
Love makes a woman weak. Wise women are those who pass weakness for loyalty.
There will be a new test ... if you stand, you will receive happiness.
The end of the working day, everyone rushes home. Someone is waiting, someone is waiting, and some hope that they are waiting. The eternal cycle of fate, sometimes unfair.
I'm far away now... but who knows... maybe I'll come with the aroma of tea, maybe I'll become a rain and spill on your city, maybe I'll appear before you like a wind... Just you wait!
If life sends sour lemons, build a lemonade plant and get rich!
Over the years, I realized that in family life you need to be able to talk with husbands, be interested in each other's desires. It's not just about sex. Silence slowly leads to collapse...
I look in the mirror, and in the reflection I see not myself, but you. That's the way it should be. Lovers become reflections of each other. I can't live without you and I know you can't live without me. Together forever. Repeat after me… Helps. "No Memories Without You"
I try to catch time, stop it, squeeze it in my arms, but all in vain. It flies, it flies away. He smiles boastfully from above, proud of his superiority. And I understand that time, in fact, is as unstoppable as love. And love, like time, cannot be hidden deep, for a long time - it will break through anyway, it will still declare itself. Reward or burn...
My hope is... mmm... Even if the world disappears, we will still find each other... Even if the nights disappear, we will shine as stars in the daytime... That is my hope. "I'll come back"
Love. A stream of ever-contacting and diverging people with sad eyes. It is insanely hard for me to believe that the strongest of the existing feelings is the most short-lived. Awareness came to me a long time ago, without grief. But each time, embarking on the path of new love, I close my eyes, mentally write and erase two questions to which no one knows the answer: how long?, how soon?.
Women leave men goodbye magical nights. Women's footprints on men's hearts. On the night before parting, she kissed differently than usual. Her kisses froze on my body like snowflakes on an icy window. Somehow it got cold. Now I understand. Parting kisses lose their warmth. In them, the cooled tenderness of parting ... On the last night, she looked at me differently than usual. In the eyes of alienation. Alienation over love. She understood that it was time for her, but in every possible way she delayed the hour of departure. The struggle of the soul and mind. Reason won. Gone. Now I understand. There is no melancholy in the look before parting. It is a silent protest. Protest against yourself. Feelings lose reason. More often…
The desire to become a mother should come to a woman at the same time as love for the man with whom she wants to raise them. "You were promised to me"
In love, you don't have to prove anything to anyone. In love, everything is always anew, for two ...
We women are like that. If a man is interested in us as a person, then he attracts us as a partner.
Each time under the cool streams in the shower, I touch my fingers to the marks of his lips. They still burn on my body with invisible brands ...
Stupid prostitutes believe in love. Wise prostitutes believe in love only while watching melodramas.
- Has God abolished taxes by establishing a visa-free regime between heaven and earth? - No. Everything is much easier. Today, a million babies were born in the world, there are no deaths. Isn't that a reason to rejoice?
No matter how a person lives, he still needs a family - I realize over the years. You can't replace a family with money, a career, or friends. The family is like an element of the puzzle: you find the missing piece, and the picture of life will take shape ...
Loneliness laughs at those who hide from it in illusions. Anyway, we will return to it sooner or later, disappointed to the last drop of blood.
Words are often not from the heart - from the mind. Trust only the eyes that reflect the soul...
The main thing in the life of any person is the opportunity to share love. It might sound trite. But it is. Check...
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its breadth and depth.
The road to happiness is never short. On a long journey, full of vague images and ideas, it is important not to deviate from the goal, to find yourself. This is happiness.
When it becomes indifferent to us how the one we love sees us, it means that we no longer love him.
To hell with obstacles! The main thing is that I am on the way to it. Impulses must develop into actions. Unrealized impulses over the years are harder to forgive yourself ... “There are no memories without you”
It's easy for others to say: Don't take it to heart. How can they know what is the depth of your heart? And where for him - close? "You were promised to me"
Spring rain smells of hope. There is no irreversibility of losses in it, as in the precipitation of other seasons. You don’t want to watch the spring rain from the side, plunging into the atmosphere of home comfort. Under it you want to live, love, hope. Count the drops, losing count, catching them with your tongue, remembering the taste of the freshness of the new season. Spring rain is like a mint cocktail with ice cubes. A cocktail from spring, so reminiscent of summer.
A woman is weakest when she loves, and strongest when she is loved.
I don’t even remember the time when they believe in princes, I left them on the pages of fairy tales. "You were promised to me"
You are my biggest victory over pride. "I'll come back"
Fear is the biggest test in love. Overcoming them, you bring feelings closer to eternity ...
Memory also has immunity - it erases what brings pain.
Ask: what did I love most in this life? Answer: weekdays. Their beginnings and ends, their victories and defeats, their losses and gains. They did not even claim to be unique. Everything is familiar, like many people. But the most important meaning of these everyday life was that we met and saw off the days together ... “There are no memories without you”
I believe that we will finally wrest feelings from circumstances. "I'll come back"
Love with a tied heart. Have you had it? When there is no way back or forward. There is only a place where you stand and cannot move...
Love relationships are like airy cottage cheese, the already familiar taste of which can be modified with the help of various dried fruits. This time raisins, and the next - dried apricots ... "There are no memories without you"
Life goes on as long as there is white. Like, as long as it flutters on balcony ropes, spins in the washing machine drum, shines in the dark and contrasts with tanned skin, everything will be fine. There is great truth in these words. It is important not only to see all the shades of white in yourself, but also to notice them in the world around you. It is not difficult. White is strong and durable. Doesn't shed, doesn't fade...
Every man sooner or later thinks about the meaning of life. Well, how long can you work, plump, fuck and toil with garbage? My daughters are the meaning that I needed, although you know how afraid I was of starting a family. I can't imagine how people live without children. When you don't trip over toys at night and no one rushes at your Hey, who's home?. Yes, old man, you can call me a sentimental asshole, but it's nonsense that a family for a man is a heavy fetter. I feel good! Of course, I get tired of my wife from time to time, but the love of children compensates for a lot, if not all.
It is impossible to hide from yourself. There is no point in running anywhere. Still, the pain will return. Will return to where the traces of hopelessness begin. Time reconciles with itself. It stands before you as a mirror, healing the scars of the heart in the reflection. You look at yourself and, through the web of despair, you understand that you want to move on. Live, believe, wait again. Smiling at the curly clouds, overeating on cherry ice cream, feeling the tickle of bubbles in your nose from drunk soda, kissing lips shimmering under the moon. No pain can turn a person away from life. Every locked door has a key to unlock it.
We women take a decisive step forward after taking two steps back.
Childhood is something that we lost in time, but kept in ourselves.
Children are able to forgive absolutely everything. Grievances take root as they grow older ... "Love from the bottom of the Bosphorus"
The return always gives happiness, no matter what burden you return with in your soul.
The suffering is endless. Some spent, the next - appear. We have to choose: live fighting them, or live ignoring them. Of course, there will be no absolute deliverance - but it is possible to change the attitude towards sadness
I'm waiting for surprises again, something that will surprise me a lot and walk happy for a long time after that.
Life is always beautiful, just sometimes there is more life in it ...
Life is like fluff from an open pillow - 1000 opportunities to catch, 999 of them are empty ...
Where you meet love, space shrinks to the heart of one person ...
It's good when there is something to remember, and even better when there is nothing to forget.
Memory also has immunity - it erases what brings pain. “There without back”
In Moscow, there is such a lack of human warmth that some compensate for it with car heating.
Fernando's words come to mind: I've been waiting all the time that the one that will become my destiny is about to appear. Like in books. So rarely does anyone get lucky. Personally, I was not lucky ... Brother, do not set the bar high in your personal life. Our halves are also the fruit of our efforts. It is possible to mold what you want. Not immediately, of course. With time. We, men, are most often to blame for our loneliness, subconsciously choosing freedom.
In love, a man should give a woman not only flowers, but also the feeling that everything is just beginning for them.
Books give people happiness, become a shelter from reality. Books are most women's best friends, not diamonds. When we lack love, we take on a love story. When we want to forget, we plunge into a fascinating detective story ...
Stop the earth at the bend, I decided to get off ...
A man in the kitchen is not only flattering, but also terribly sexy.
Love is not a situation. Love is the reward.
Life is like a small blanket: if you pull it up, your feet will freeze, if you pull it down, your head will freeze. The one who curls up knows how to live.
Tears do not change over the years. They, like our eyes, are not subject to age.
The greatest misfortune is to be happy in the past.
All our childhood dreams largely determine our adult life.
In order to always have a clear conscience, you do not need to dirty it. It's not clothes, you can't wash it. It's a pity.
Where you meet love, the space shrinks to the heart of one person.
Those who trust only their minds lose their hearts. And the heart is life in it
Women, as a rule, do not have their own principles. They listen to their inner voice, the voice of the heart and the men they love.
Crazy people are called people who have not been able to prove their vision of reality. After all, it is difficult for society to accept the possibility of the existence of worlds unknown to it, well, except for the earthly and heavenly.
Sometimes I think that it would be better if you didn’t exist, and then I understand that there is no better than you.
The exhausting search for a loved one everywhere and everywhere, even when you know his specific location, is what is most insurmountable in longing.
I still don't regret anything, if only because it's pointless.
In life, it does not make ends meet, but expectations with hopes.
When you want to get away from what hurts, it seems to be easier if you repeat back the road you have already traveled.
Everything is possible under one condition: to really want what you are going for.
You have to cross the abyss to get to the other side. This is how everything new begins.
In love, you don't have to prove anything to anyone. In love, everything is always anew, for two.
Fear is the biggest test in love. Overcoming them brings feelings closer to eternity
Someone said that Chance is a pseudonym for God when he is unwilling to sign with his own name.
Elchin Safarli - quotes and sayings
Cynicism is when you justify outbursts of conscience with the words: "Not much depends on me" - and immediately agree with them.
The end of the working day, everyone rushes home. Someone is waiting, someone is waiting, and some hope that they are waiting. The eternal cycle of fate, sometimes unfair.
I look in the mirror, and in the reflection I see not myself, but you. That's the way it should be. Lovers become reflections of each other. I can't live without you and I know you can't live without me. Together forever. Repeat after me. Helps.
Hearing silence in response is the most painful thing for a woman. Better let him say that he fell out of love. It’s better to let him push away with an offensive word and shout: “I’m tired of your love!” Anything but silence. It kills.
People who call themselves weak are actually the strongest.
Each time has its own laws. In autumn you hope, in winter you believe, in spring you wait, in summer you receive.
The longer you wait, the more likely you are waiting in the wrong place.
It's easy for others to say, "Don't take it to heart." How can they know what is the depth of your heart? And where is close for him? It is only possible for oneself to lift stones from the ground that one once stumbled over.
It's good when there is something to remember, and even better when there is nothing to forget.
In love, a man should give a woman not only flowers, but also the feeling that everything is just beginning for them.
Distance is hard to conquer with thoughts alone. Faith alone will not fill you up.
Those who do not have the courage to repaint it in white complain about the black stripe.
No matter how a person lives, he still needs a family. You can't replace a family with money, a career, or friends. Family is like an element of a puzzle: you will find the missing piece, and the picture of life will take shape
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its breadth and depth.
One of the most popular writers of our time can definitely be called Elchin Safarli. It is to his pen that such piercing and touching works as "There without back", "You were promised to me", "Tell me about the sea" and others belong. Today we have prepared for you a short biography of the writer, collected the most interesting and sayings of Elchin Safarli. Happy reading!
Biography Safarli
The Azerbaijani writer was born in March 1984 in Baku. As soon as he was 12 years old, he began to publish in newspapers. At the age of sixteen, Elchin entered the International University of Azerbaijan, choosing the specialization "Journalism" for himself. He collaborated with Turkish TV channels, wrote for print media. It is worth noting that Safarli lived in Istanbul for many years. This, of course, was reflected in his early work. In 2011, a short film about the writer, “Alone with Everyone,” was released.
This book came out in 2010. In it, Safarli delightfully subtly reveals all the facets of the East, showing both its light and dark sides. In the reviews, readers say: it's hard to believe that it is a man who writes so touchingly and tenderly. This is not surprising, just read this quote by Elchin Safarli from the book "Sweet Salt of the Bosphorus":
The moon is a reflection of the eyes. When two people look at her from different parts of the world, their eyes will certainly meet.
Both critics and admirers of the work of this amazing writer note: Elchin uses amazing metaphors, writes in simple language - amazingly accurate and vivid. For example, speaking about the emotions and feelings of a person in a state of despair, he compares poplar fluff with dust, the sun with a simple disk. Safarli says: despair is dirty shoes. But it is not eternal, it is at the moment of the strongest sorrow that happiness and love come to a person.
The expectation of personal happiness is like waiting for an electric train on the platform of a provincial station. Contrary to the exact schedule, the train will definitely arrive. It is not known exactly when. Maybe half an hour late. Maybe with an emergency delay due to extraordinary circumstances. So is love. Breaks into the fate of a person contrary to the life schedule. One visits early. The other is a little later. Someone is too late. Love will surely reach each of us. An indisputable fact disputed by people without faith in themselves ...
This work by Safarli calls on every person to find their own happiness, to be able to comprehend it. And of course, to give up life in the everyday flow. Proof of this is the following Elchin Safarli:
Life is subject to change. Making changes is easy. Worth wanting. Of course, there are no casualties. Have to. Victims are sediment at the bottom of a mug of chic coffee... Of course, it's easier to give up on a dream. Live in a meaningless stream. Wait for the green traffic light, standing on the sidewalk. How long will it take to wait? It is not known... Life is like fluff from an open pillow. A thousand opportunities to catch. 999 of them are empty.
What else does the Azerbaijani writer talk about? Like many others, he addresses the theme of love. And he does it incredibly gently:
Our hearts are intertwined with vanilla-ginger threads, covered with a ruddy crust. Our kisses give off a refreshing taste of cumin, making the feelings hot. Our touches are gentle, like burgundy saffron fibers.
Why should you read this book? We guarantee you a complete immersion in the atmosphere of the East, or rather, in Istanbul - spicy aromas, hot wind, coolness of the night Bosphorus are waiting for you:
I love this city when it is dressed in the lemon-sunny fabrics of summer, in the pale brown silks of autumn. During these seasons, the magic of Istanbul intensifies - it smells of candied fruit, vanilla biscuit, fish kebab...
Critics call this novel by Azerbaijani writer Elchin Safarli shocking. This is not surprising, because he describes the life of a Russian prostitute, full of loneliness and pain, who, by the will of fate, ended up in Istanbul. There is so much despair, faith, love and horror in this work:
I'm like an animal in a zoo, dreaming of freedom - it will never, never be...
This book no longer has that warm melodramatic style that one could see in the previous book. The proof of this is the following quote from Elchin Safarli's book:
I am alive. I let go of the past and did not notice how. Protective reaction of the psyche? If she had not let go, she would have died under its rubble. Now I'm empty. Feelings dried up, emotions crumbled, resentment cracked.
Despite the type of activity of the main character, the reader sees not a woman who has fallen, but a person who knows what she wants. She dreams of getting out of the life she lives, to find her happiness:
No matter how a person lives, he still needs a family - I realize over the years. You can't replace a family with money, a career, or friends. The family is like an element of a puzzle: you find the missing piece, and the picture of life will take shape.
Let's say right away: there will be no happy ending. Elchin Safarli in this work relieves readers of illusions, presents the truth of life - cruel and emotional. Through the mouth of the main character, he says:
Only after living below, you will learn how dangerous it is to climb up. Only after being in the dark, you will know how bright the sunlight is ...
Like the book "Sweet Salt of the Bosporus", this work is literally saturated with the atmosphere of Istanbul. This is proved by the following quote from Elchin Safarli's book:
“Megapolises grow coarser and expand over the years, become soulless with progress. But this is not the case in Istanbul: its appearance is changing, but the atmosphere is the same, have you noticed?” - and he touches his cheek with his palm, as if checking if it's time to shave. “I noticed. The rhythm of time does not change this city, but the old contrasts are preserved.”
Another delightfully tender love story awaits readers under the cover of this book. Do you believe in love at first sight? This writer believes. This is confirmed by numerous quotes from “I will return” by Elchin Safarli:
Don't be afraid to love! Love wins and will win! The main thing in the struggle for each other is to believe in each other.
A Russian woman and an Eastern man met in line, looked at each other and fell in love. She is a resident of Moscow, who does not believe in tears, he lives in Istanbul, where there is a Bosphorus that can heal the soul. Both Mirumir and Lightlight have their own past. Together they are only in the present. And it is not at all clear whether the beloved will have a future.
Love has two barriers - circumstances and fears. We often lack the courage to step over the stones of the past, the doubts of the present.
The difference in mentality, the onslaught of circumstances, despair and distance ... "I'll be back" is a delightful novel in which Safarli shows the path of Russian girls who are able to go to the East in search of their happiness. And a lot (incredibly a lot) says about love:
To be happy, you don't need to buy uggs, wrap your hair in a funny pyramid, or live in decadence with the hope of a happy ending. It is enough to know the taste of the kisses of a loved one and meet the blue evenings on the balcony, in an embrace. All philosophies of life rest on love. There is no dispute...
Some writer - I forgot who exactly - said that in life there is only one great love, all previous loves are just a test of the pen, and all subsequent ones are catching up ...
Readers note: Safarli describes those life moments that people so rarely pay attention to because of the hustle and bustle. This book is ideal for those who are tired, morally crushed. She wraps up like a cozy blanket. And, of course, healing.
Do not pick up this book if you have not experienced the pain of loss. Because at best you just won't understand it. And at worst, you will be disappointed in the writer. Elchin Safarli writes very frankly about his condition:
In life, people periodically crumble into pieces, and then they are collected, and a new picture is obtained. I don’t know what kind of picture I am, I’m all the time in pieces. Sometimes they are larger, and then I feel better, and it seems that some kind of harmonious prudence is about to come. And sometimes they are so small that I don’t understand at all what to do with these crumbs. Exhausting.
From Elchin Safarli's book, even inveterate skeptics are forced to believe in this feeling: the author describes places, smells, sounds that remind him that he was once the happiest person in the world:
I still continue to talk to you all the time. Mentally. So we are closer to each other.
It is worth noting that Safarli not only reminisces, but also tries to figure out what is the reason that he lost his love:
I know only one reason for the collapsed relationship, it is not at all connected with the stamp in the passport. Understatement. Everything starts with her.
This is only part of the problem. Elchin adds:
Love, sometimes, can not stand even a short separation. Too fragile feeling, for which neglect is often fatal.
And he says absolutely amazing words:
Letting go doesn't mean forgetting.
We are afraid to admit to ourselves how sometimes we want to hug someone and bury our nose on the cheek. Life is beautiful when someone's cheek needs your nose.
This book is a personal diary of a girl. On its pages, the reader will find so much love that he can hardly contain his emotions.
Before he appeared, hearing a knock on the door, I was tempted to close it with additional locks and never open it. Few people there. And I'm afraid of change: it's especially scary when it's for the better. You quickly get used to it, involuntarily. And then, as a rule, you have to wean - sooner or later, painfully. “I’d better not wait at all and get used to something ...” - I decided just when I heard the creak of the opening door. No pre-knock. He had the keys to my heart.
Love in this work is completely different - joyful and sad, desperate and inspiring, bitter and incredibly happy:
If circumstances separated us for a while, he always briefly reported: “You are not enough.” To which I invariably replied: “I am in you. And I'll be there as long as you say."
The author himself asks readers who love at the moment to read this book, trying not to get a grasp of the content. Elchin Safarli advises those who are lonely to remember that love may be invisible, but it is still everywhere. And the writer asks not to stop believing in love.
My love for him bordered on gratitude. In non-stop mode, I wanted to say “thank you”. For the fact that he taught me to laugh again, started my mental mechanisms, revived the will to live, pulled me to the surface of the ocean, where, as it turned out, eternal summer, tenderness is poured in the air, and the dawn blooms with caramel gems.
Are you going through a difficult period? Be sure to start reading this book by Safarli - it will capture you from the first pages (and this despite the fact that it does not have any twisted plot, non-standard and unexpected twists). It is like a conversation with a good psychologist: it will help you endure all the pain that was in the past, let it go, heal ...
Unrequited love is like... a sore throat. Quite compatible with life, just unpleasant, but it is impossible not to think about it. Tea with lemon and honey helps for a while, and also time and silence. When you speak, it only becomes more painful - even your breath catches. So it's best to sit down and write. With each letter, the sore becomes sick. True, you don’t feel it right away - the effect comes a little later.
When you scream “I hate” in tears, it means that inside you shout “I love” even louder.
Safarli somehow knows very well how exactly a woman experiences parting with a loved one. He says:
I haven't seen you for a long time. Changed my phone number, deleted all your contacts. She learned to restrain herself when unbidden tears betray longing, and to hide her hands in her pockets when they themselves clench into fists with rage. I cheerfully answer questions, communicate with people and sometimes dance when the music is cheerful and does not resemble our songs. And I also work a lot. Everything seems to be fine, but all this is ... a game.
And then honestly adds:
When you miss a person, the first impulse is to replace him with other people. An endless string of novels. At worst - books, chocolate, whiskey. But this is not a replacement, as we think, but an insignificant self-deception.
Let's be honest - this whole little book can be safely disassembled into quotes. It is simply impossible to choose the best! Judge for yourself what these words are worth:
I tried to negotiate with my heart, to explain to him: they say, stop torturing me - well, it didn’t work out, well, it didn’t agree, with whom it doesn’t happen. Let him go! Don't torment me, stop reminding me of him. It hurts. Understand, finally, that because he is always inside, it doesn’t make me feel better - I need him next to me. Make up your mind at last: now you want to forget him, then always remember him. Long requests, almost praying on her knees, but this competition of my own life with life without him continued.
There is no point in true love. You can break up, quarrel, be disappointed - absolutely everything is possible. But whatever the reasons, true love still continues to live in the heart.
All quotes from Elchin Safarli's book can be called the best. And the book itself can be called a cure for pain. After it, there is a desire to live, rejoice and believe - of course, in love!
Anyone who has ever opened books written by Elchin Safarli knows how simple they are. The author talks about feelings, the main of which can be called a feeling of loss. Someone (beloved or beloved, dear person) will certainly leave, leave, die. What is the hero to do? Get lost in pain, suffer, make futile attempts to fix something, learn to accept reality. The novel “When I return, be at home” is a collection of more than 50 heartfelt letters that a man named Hans writes to his daughter, Dost. The main problem is that Dostu will never read these letters, because she died. Hans cannot come to terms with this loss, and therefore continues to speak with a loved one:
Dostu, you certainly have deja vu. Jean explains these flashes by reincarnation: the immortal soul in a new incarnation remembers what it felt in the previous body. “So the universe suggests that one should not be afraid of earthly death, life is eternal.”
This story is unhurried and measured, it is about how important it is to be able to enjoy every day of your own life. And of course, stop depending on the pain of loss, because the past cannot be changed.
Remain silent when everyone is talking, speak when your words are about love, even through tears. Learn to forgive those who are near - so you will find the way to forgive yourself. Do not fuss, but do not forget where your ship is sailing. Maybe he lost his course?
Through the lips of heroes, Elchin Safarli recalls:
Every morning is an opportunity to see, to learn something new. The beginning and continuation of an incredible adventure. Every new day, despite the difficulties, can be made unforgettable. And this is breathtaking.
And the writer reveals to his readers the main secret:
Despair is called the last and main tool of the devil, he uses it against the most persistent, when the previous methods - pride, jealousy, hatred - are powerless.
And, of course, this book is also full of love! Elchin Safarli says:
Love is the only stable feeling in a changing world. When you love, any test is surmountable.
Of course, in order to appreciate the whole talent of Elchin Safarli, to get acquainted with his heroes and experiences, quotes alone are not enough. Therefore, we recommend that you definitely read all of his books!
In search of happiness, many modern girls go to the East. The topic of international love is complex and at the same time interesting, therefore Elchin Safarli's books are more popular today than ever. In his novels, the author reveals the peculiarities of the life of the East, denounces the whole truth of the “sweet life”. There is more love and happiness in his books than the pages themselves. The author is not shy about love scenes, there are quite a few intimate moments in his books. In our selection you will find quotes and sayings of the writer about life, happiness, love and, of course, about men and women.
Elchin Safarli is a young writer, journalist and just an enthusiast. He published his first works at the age of twelve in newspapers. Since then, he realized that he wanted to connect his life with the word, and entered the Faculty of Philology.
Loneliness laughs at those who hide from it in illusionsI'll trade my freedom for you.
Life is like a small blanket: if you pull it up, your feet will freeze, if you pull it down, your head will freeze. The one who curls up knows how to live.
Lack of wealth is not poverty. Poverty is the thirst for wealth.
Someone said that Chance is a pseudonym for God when he is unwilling to sign with his own name.
Sometimes dreams come true, but in a slightly different form.
Waiting for help - how to borrow. It's easier to do it yourself.
Cynicism is when you justify outbursts of conscience with the words: "Not much depends on me" - and immediately agree with them.
Tears do not change over the years. They, like our eyes, are not subject to age.
It's good when there is something to remember, and even better when there is nothing to forget.
Distance is hard to conquer with thoughts alone. Faith alone will not fill you up.
Those who do not have the courage to repaint it in white complain about the black stripe.
This is interesting!
Elchin Safarli is the first writer of oriental origin in the history of literature who writes in Russian. We have a unique opportunity to read a talented contemporary in the original. He signed a contract with the leading Russian publishing house AST, and almost all of his books were published here.
You, too, never lose hope, even if it is burnt or has lost its taste. You can always re-knead the dough and re-bake what you want.
On the "back" is the hardest thing to decide. All roads lead forward, not backward.
I no longer follow the compass of other people's advice ...
I still don't regret anything, if only because it's pointless.
You are my biggest victory over pride.
Here he is…
In one of the interviews, Safarli posed a very interesting question. He was asked what he would prefer: writing a book or spending the night with a girl. To which the writer answered without hesitation that, of course, with the book. He admitted that he was afraid of betrayal, and books, unlike people and girls in particular, would never betray.
If you don't believe in victory, then leave.
In life, it does not make ends meet, but expectations with hopes.
You can only trust those who trust you.
Getting smarter hurts.
Wise is the one who knows not much, but the necessary.
In my opinion, pride is often blamed by those who lack courage ...
A person who refuses the past cannot have a future.
I'm afraid of the present because I don't know what future it will lead to... Those who trust only their minds lose their hearts. And the heart is life in it ...
It is difficult to warm the heart when it is frostbitten with pain.
People who call themselves weak are actually the strongest.
And dogs, unlike people, have a good memory for the good - and a bad one for the bad.
From activist to stay-at-home
In one of his interviews, Elchin Safarli said that since he began to engage in literary activities, he has turned from an active, cheerful and super-communicative person into a real homebody. Now the author prefers to be at home and create, likes to spend time in a narrow circle. Safarli himself notes that such a change did not happen for the better, but it happened the way it should have happened.
Both people and dogs have one desire - to be loved.
People breathe illusions. Everything. They confuse illusions with hopes. Illusions - kites launched into the sky of the future. Sooner or later they will be blown away by the wind.
People have become too mundane: they look at manifestations of sincerity as quirks. They smile back and call themselves crazy.
Each time has its own laws. In autumn you hope, in winter you believe, in spring you wait, in summer you receive.
Loyalty is to be valued.
Love is carried in oneself, not with oneself Don't be afraid to love! Love wins and will win. The main thing in the struggle for each other is to believe in each other.
True love is made of contradictions. Stitched with threads of different characters, tastes, aspirations.
Love, but only today, without prospects, without plans for tomorrow.
Everything comes from small things. Our love was born from one accidental touch.
All philosophies of life rest on love.
It's curious
Elchin Safarli is sincere not only in life, but also in his books. Describing the characters and their actions, the author talks about himself. The books touch upon the theme of misunderstanding with his father, the costs of educating a writer. The summary of one of his books begins with the words "This is me." The editor of the writer even laughed at him, asking the question: “Elchin, are you not afraid of recognition? How can you undress like that and walk bare-assed along Tverskaya?”
When you experience the first hopeless love, you want autumn, although the mind insists that healing is possible only in summer.
All contrasts are insignificant before the power of love.
Fear is the biggest test in love. Overcoming them, you bring feelings closer to eternity ...
A broken heart is part of our dress code.
Imagine, I'm jealous of you for the rain. He can touch you.
For some, a sudden kiss in the spring rain brings happiness, and for some, happiness is packs of euros in a suitcase made of stingray leather ... Happiness is not generalizable.
Tastes could not be discussed…
Elchin Safarli loves white color, the interior of his house is made in this tone. She loves boat trips and beautiful people who inspire and delight the eye.
The writer prefers to start his morning not with coffee, but with tangerine fresh juice, he loves a variety of pastries. Safarli prefers to update his wardrobe in the famous brand Salvatore Ferragamo. Among his favorite books, he names Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, and chooses Volkswagen cars as his means of transportation.
Happiness does not have a session schedule, it can start even after turning off the projector. Therefore, it is foolish to run after what should happen anyway, as well as to run away from it.
Sometimes you need to not know something or miss something in order to remain happy.
Happiness is when you do not need anything at the moment, except for what you already have.
To be happy, you don't need to buy uggs, wrap your hair in a funny pyramid, or live in decadence with the hope of a happy ending. It is enough to know the taste of kisses of a loved one, to meet the blue evenings on the balcony in an embrace ...
Spring is a time of follies, only by surrendering to which it is possible to fully enjoy happiness. Even the most fleeting...
Give it time… It will heal. Slowly. At first, sadness will heal, turn into sadness. With sadness comes faith.
Each person in his own way does not understand his happiness ... Women consider men thick-skinned. Women do not believe in the tenderness of men's hearts. Women do not think about the fact that we are forced to hide our tenderness because of the generally recognized status of the “stronger sex” ...
Most women have no principles: they obey the voice of the heart, and their behavior in everything depends on the men they love.
