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“Sonnet XVII

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz,
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off.
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.
I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride;
so I love you because I know no other way than this:

where I does not exist, nor you,
so close that your hand on my chest is my hand,
so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. ”
― Pablo Neruda

“The days aren't discarded or collected, they are bees
that burned with sweetness or maddened
the sting: the struggle continues,
the journeys go and come between honey and pain.
No, the net of years doesn't unweave: there is no net.
They don't fall drop by drop from a river: there is no river.
Sleep doesn't divide life into halves,
or action, or silence, or honor:
life is like a stone, a single motion,
a lonesome bonfire reflected on the leaves,
an arrow, only one, slow or swift, a metal
that climbs or descends burning in your bones.”
― Pablo Neruda, Still Another Day

“Bir anıyı görmeye gittiğinizde
neye dokunsanız canınız acır”
― Murathan Mungan, Bazı Yazlar Uzaktan Geçer

“... Çünkü sevmek, sessiz ve tek başına bir şeydir. Sevmek yalnızlıktır. O'nu eskisi kadar sevmeyeceğinden korkuyordu. O'nu uyandırmaktan korkuyordu.
Eskisi kadar sevemeyecekti, belki de hiç sevemeyecekti. Çünkü arada o orman, o karanlık, o geçitvermez, o yeşermekten kararmış orman olmayacaktı artık. Duman inceliğinde bir boşluk dolanıyordu yüreğini.”
― Murathan Mungan, Üç Aynalı Kırk Oda