Author: Elif Batuman

Quotes

My parents were born into a secular country. They met in Turkey's top medical school, moved to America in the nineteen-seventies, and became researchers and professors.

My parents were born into a secular country. They met in Turkey's top medical school, moved to America in the nineteen-seventies, and became researchers and professors.

- Elif Batuman

When I read that nobody should ever feel ashamed to be alone or to be in a crowd, I realized that I often felt ashamed of both of those things.

When I read that nobody should ever feel ashamed to be alone or to be in a crowd, I realized that I often felt ashamed of both of those things.

- Elif Batuman

For much of my adult life, I believed, inaccurately, that I knew the story of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' - that I remembered it from childhood.

For much of my adult life, I believed, inaccurately, that I knew the story of Charles Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol' - that I remembered it from childhood.

- Elif Batuman

Listing and counting have a spooky, magical power, and the holiday season is a spooky, magical time.

Listing and counting have a spooky, magical power, and the holiday season is a spooky, magical time.

- Elif Batuman

'Gone Girl' is as much about the near impossibility of being a good husband as it is about the anguish of being a good wife.

'Gone Girl' is as much about the near impossibility of being a good husband as it is about the anguish of being a good wife.

- Elif Batuman

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