“Ayrica isleri bu kadar ciddiye almayin ve hayati sevin. Kederlenin ve hayatinizin geri kalaninda kendinizi dunyaya kaptirmayi deneyin.”
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“Apartman Cicegi
Sen gidince dili biraktim
Kaldirdim cekyati televizyonu onunden
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Sen gidince sepet aldim balkona
Evden cikmak yoldan cikmak gibi buyudu gozumde
Kusun kafesini actim bir aksamustu
Kafesin adini Mavis koydum
Sen gidince
Rasyonel dusunceyi biraktim
Gazete falan okurken buyuk kolaylik oldu
Iki ayri cicek yetistirdim iki ayri saksida
Birinin adini Solmaz koydum
Digeri soldu”
― Şu Sevdalar Tevatürü
Sen gidince dili biraktim
Kaldirdim cekyati televizyonu onunden
........................................................................
........................................................................
Sen gidince sepet aldim balkona
Evden cikmak yoldan cikmak gibi buyudu gozumde
Kusun kafesini actim bir aksamustu
Kafesin adini Mavis koydum
Sen gidince
Rasyonel dusunceyi biraktim
Gazete falan okurken buyuk kolaylik oldu
Iki ayri cicek yetistirdim iki ayri saksida
Birinin adini Solmaz koydum
Digeri soldu”
― Şu Sevdalar Tevatürü
“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.”
― Irrationally yours : On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles
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.”
― Irrationally yours : On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles
“Insanlar tarafindan “sevilecek nitelikleri” olmasa bile insanlari “sevecek nitelikleri” sonsuza kadar geride kalacaktir. Insanin gercek alcakgonullulugunun, sevmenin nesesini bilmek olduguna inaniyorum. Sadece sevilmenin zevkini arzulamanin vahsi ve cahilce bir davranis oldugunu dusunuyorum.”
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“Yalansız bir hayat. Bu cümle zaten bir yalandı.”
― Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
― Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy
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