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Why is there an end of the year? Because the calendar imposes numerical order on time. There is a natural fitness in the celebration of the New Year, a holiday of numbers imposed on things, with lists, as well as with Advent calendars and songs like 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.'

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Advent Because Calendar Celebration Christmas Days End Fitness Holiday Imposed Like Lists Natural New New Year Numbers Order Songs Things Time Twelve Well Why Year

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I grew up thinking that it was immoral to idealize the past because, in the past, there was slavery and no penicillin.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Because Grew Idealize Immoral In The Past Past Penicillin Slavery Thinking Up

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The problems in the Russian novel are quite similar to the problems of Turkish nationalism and Turkish culture, which was something that I grew up thinking didn't affect me very much because my parents didn't really talk about it.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: About Affect Because Culture Grew Me Much Nationalism Novel Parents Problems Quite Really Russian Similar Something Talk Thinking Turkish Up Very Which

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People don't become writers because they love having spontaneous, real-world interactions with living people as bodies with clothes in time.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Because Become Bodies Clothes Having Interactions Living Love People Real-World Spontaneous Time Writers

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There's this idea that if you want to write, you shouldn't study literature because then you're dissecting what you love, and you should keep your love of literature pure. I think that's kind of silly.

~Elif Batuman

Topics: Because Idea Keep Kind Literature Love Pure Should Silly Study Then Think Want What You Love Write You Your I Think

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Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through stories we can learn to change, we can learn to empathize and be more connected with the universe and with humanity.

~Elif Safak

Topics: Because Believe Books Change Connected Empathize Happened Humanity Know Learn Me More Save Saved Stories Through Universe Us

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Bad writing is like a bad relationship. Don't be addicted to it just because you are familiar with its ways. Let go.

~Elif Safak

Topics: Addicted Bad Because Familiar Go Just Just Because Let Go Like Relationship Ways Writing You

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It is tiring to be Turkish. The country is badly polarised, bitterly politicized. Every writer, journalist, poet knows that because of an article, a novel, an interview, a poem or a tweet you can be sued, put on trial, even arrested. Self-censorship is widespread.

~Elif Safak

Topics: Arrested Article Badly Because Country Even Every Interview Journalist Knows Novel Poem Poet Put Self-Censorship Sued Tiring Trial Turkish Tweet Widespread Writer You

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I find families intriguing, perhaps because I did not grow up in one. I was raised by a feminist, independent, single mother, a divorcee.

~Elif Safak

Topics: Because Did Families Feminist Find Grow Grow Up Independent Intriguing Mother Perhaps Raised Single Single Mother Up I Was Raised

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I like to question cultural biases wherever I go, and I question Islamophobia as much as I question anti-western sentiment because I think all extremist ideologies are very similar.

~Elif Safak

Topics: Because Biases Cultural Extremist Go Ideologies Like Much Question Sentiment Similar Think Very Wherever I Think

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