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But Istanbul is so vast a city, that if a thousand die in it, the want of them is not felt in such an ocean of men. EVLYA ÇELEB, Seyahatname (Book of Travels), seventeenth century
“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“Bu şehir herkes uyurken, sokaklar bomboşken bile uğuldar. Neden bilir misin? Çünkü burada, bu şehirde senin gibi yazdıkları hiç basılmamış yığınla kayıp şair yaşamış ve ölmüştür. Ayıklasan kelimeleri o uğultudan, hep şiir çıkar. Onların bölük pörçük cümleleri şu soluduğun havada dolaşıyor. O yüzden şehri içine çeken şiirle dolar.”
― Başkalarının Tanrısı
― Başkalarının Tanrısı
“Hayatta herkesin başına bir saksı düşebilir ama bir öyküde birinin başına saksı düşürebilmeniz için yeterince nedeniniz olması gerekir.”
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“It’s the strangest thing about this church - it is obsessed with sex, absolutely obsessed. Now, they will say we, with our permissive society and rude jokes, are obsessed. No. We have a healthy attitude. We like it, it’s fun, it’s jolly; because it’s a primary impulse it can be dangerous and dark and difficult.
It’s a bit like food in that respect, only even more exciting. The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese, and that in erotic terms is the Catholic Church in a nutshell.”
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It’s a bit like food in that respect, only even more exciting. The only people who are obsessed with food are anorexics and the morbidly obese, and that in erotic terms is the Catholic Church in a nutshell.”
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“From the day to till the day there are two humans living together they were and they will be involves in political process.”
― HUMANITY Understanding Reality and Inquiring Good
― HUMANITY Understanding Reality and Inquiring Good
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