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Library of Babel [BOTM March 2017]
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Ella
She replayed the scene in her mind so many times, rather than a fragment from the past, it felt like an outgoing moment still happening somewhere out there in the universe
The sky felt so close and open that you could almost touch it
Love is not only a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away
Love is the very essence and purpose of life
Sweet Blasphemy
The dot underneath the B embodies the entire universe
The Killer
Sometimes even a gesture is enough to inflame their tempers
A deliberate mis ...more
She replayed the scene in her mind so many times, rather than a fragment from the past, it felt like an outgoing moment still happening somewhere out there in the universe
The sky felt so close and open that you could almost touch it
Love is not only a sweet feeling bound to come and quickly go away
Love is the very essence and purpose of life
Sweet Blasphemy
The dot underneath the B embodies the entire universe
The Killer
Sometimes even a gesture is enough to inflame their tempers
A deliberate mis ...more
Probably one of the best books I have read on spiritualism. The language was simple yet thought provoking, and although I knew the story I was kept intrigued by the change of narrators throughout the story. Elif brings the focus back of life back to love, the ultimate quest in every human beings life. For me as a born Muslim, Sufis are the only ones who have made sense of Islam. And they base the ideology of Islam onto love squarely. Elif has managed to produce a book of sublime wisdom, a must r
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all in all, a good book. but sprinkled here and there, more towards the end are things I don't completely agree with. however it has piqued my interest in checking out rumi's poetry sometime in my life. but more importantly to rediscover my own self. I guess everyone can take something different from this book. it's well written as well. except for a few parts and several unanswered questions that I am left with, I liked it. shams of tabriz is someone I would be thinking about for a while now.
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I enjoyed the story about Rumi and Shams. The ideas, or rules, were good
The storyline with Ella was American pablum, without much value or satisfaction, and oh so very predictable. I think it was a marketing mistake to include this element.
The storyline with Ella was American pablum, without much value or satisfaction, and oh so very predictable. I think it was a marketing mistake to include this element.
It lacked to explain the idea of sufi love.
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