Seda

“Among those who have everything, I have never seen a family go to the seashore just to celebrate a political decision, because for them politics changes almost nothing. This is something I realized when I went to live in Paris, far away from you: the ruling class may complain about a left-wing government, they may complain about a right-wing government, but no government ever ruins their digestion, no government ever breaks their backs, no government ever inspires a trip to the beach. Politics never changes their lives, at least not much. What’s strange, too, is that they’re the ones who engage in politics, though it has almost no effect on their lives. For the ruling class, in general, politics is a question of aesthetics: a way of seeing themselves, of seeing the world, of constructing a personality. For us it was life or death.”
― Édouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père

“Bir misafirliğe gitsem
Bana temiz bir yatak yapsalar
Her şeyi, adımı bile unutup, Uyusam…
Kalktığımda yatağım hâlâ lavanta koksa
Kekikli zeytinli bir kahvaltı hazırlasalar
Nerede olduğumu hatırlamasam
Hatta adımı bile unutsam…”
― Melih Cevdet Anday

“Memories are comfy too, they are swaddling bands, they wrap you up warm like a mummy. What moment is there in life that is not already a memory?”
― Violette Leduc, The Lady and the Little Fox Fur

“Aslında kötü bir alışkanlıktır okumak, öteki bütün kötü alışkanlıkların yerini tutabilecek ya da onların yerine herkesi daha bir yoğun biçimde yaşamaya itebilecek bir alışkanlıktır, delicesine bir yaşam biçimidir, insanı yiyip bitiren bir tutkudur. Hayır, uyuşturucu kullanmıyorum, kitapları kullanıyorum...”
― Ingeborg Bachmann, Malina