Rıdvan Ipek

“the task of life is to show goodness to others, not to complain about their failings.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“A very strong feeling comes over him then: something inside himself warm and spreading, like dying or being born. He has no idea what the feeling is, whether it’s good or dangerous. It’s related to her, the words she’s saying, his feeling about her words.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“You drive yourself crazy thinking about different things you could have done in the past. But sometimes I think, actually, I didn't have that much power over my life anyway. I mean, I couldn't give myself a new personality out of nothing. And things just kind of happened to me.”
― Sally Rooney, Intermezzo

“I don't know how to keep quiet when my heart is speaking inside me.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, White Nights: And Other Stories