Melda Ece Kelemcisoy

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin

“We must forget in order to remain present, forget in order not to die, forget in order to remain faithful.”
― Marc Augé, Oblivion

“Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty-four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus