Zeynep Attar

“Roman kahramanlarinin karakterlerine, tuhafliklarina, unutulmazliklarina gosterilen asiri ve dengesiz ilgi, Avrupa'dan butun dunyaya, tipki romanin kendisi gibi yayildi.”
― Orhan Pamuk, The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist

“The five brothers and sisters, and I myself, have gradually grown more adult, more polite, more guarded—have become, in short, “members of society”—and when we do on occasion meet, it’s not the least bit fun.”
― Osamu Dazai, Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

“Ayrica isleri bu kadar ciddiye almayin ve hayati sevin. Kederlenin ve hayatinizin geri kalaninda kendinizi dunyaya kaptirmayi deneyin.”
― Osamu Dazai

“Dear Dan, I recently attended one of your lectures, and I was wondering why an Israeli guy telling Jewish jokes is wearing an Indian shirt?
D.A.: In general I am not someone who should be asked for fashion advice, but this particular case might be the one exception........My solution? I figured that as long as I am wearing clothes from a different culture, no one is politically correct (and this includes almost everyone in the United States ) could complain that I'm underdressed. After all, any such critic could be offending a whole subcontinent.”
― Dan Ariely, Irrationally yours : On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles