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“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself:
Are my trousers long enough?
Is my veil in place?
Can my make-up be seen?
Are they going to whip me?

No longer asks herself:
Where is my freedom of thought?
Where is my freedom of speech?
My life, is it liveable?
What's going on in the political prisons?”
― Marjane Satrapi, The Complete Persepolis

“Biz evvelâ kelimeleri öğreniriz; sonra yaşadıkça teker teker mânalarını”
― Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Sahnenin Dışındakiler

“Does that mean", I said in some bewilderment, "that we must eat again of the tree of knowledge in order to return to the state of innocence?"

"Of course", he said, "but that's the final chapter in the history of the world.”
― Heinrich von Kleist, On a Theatre of Marionettes

“Yasanın korumadığı kimseyi ben, devlet topluluğunun dışına atılmış sayarım.”
― Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas