The Girl in the Tree

by Şebnem İşigüzel

The world is made up of stories. If it wasn’t, life would be insufferable.

I know that I’ve been talking about everyone except for myself. But that’s the only way we can exist—by talking about others, by seeing ourselves in their darkest moments and being afraid.

“Dance like no one is watching, love as if you’ve never been hurt, sing like no one is listening, live as if the world is heaven itself!”

“Life exists so that it can be lived, not explained. Otherwise, it’s not life at all.”