Lotey

“We’ve been friends for a long time now, and you’ve never told me a single thing about yourself … Do you really find it strange that I might wish to know more? Do you still feel the need to hide so much from me? To me, you are the most precious person in the world … But even so, you want to see me the same way you see everyone else – as a nobody – and abandon me?”
― Sabahattin Ali, Madonna in a Fur Coat, Madonna in a Fur Coat: Sabahattin Ali's Cursed Light

“This, I say. This and this. The way his hair looked in summer sun. His face when he ran. His eyes, solemn as an owl at lessons. This and this and this. So many moments of happiness, crowding forward.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles