Mesut Ertekin

“all the pretty woman thought
the poems i wrote on love
were meant for them.
and i always felt badly
about having written them
just for the hell of it.
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Bütün güzel kadınlar zannettiler ki
Aşk üzerine yazdığım her şiir
Kendileri için yazılmıştır.
Bense daima üzüntüsünü çektim
Onları iş olsun diye yazdığımı
Bilmenin.”
― Orhan Veli Kanık

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Sanma ki derdim güneşten ötürü;
Ne çıkar bahar geldiyse?
Bademler çiçek açtıysa?
Ucunda ölüm yok ya.
Hoş, olsa da korkacak mıyım zaten
Güneşle gelecek ölümden
Ben ki her nisan bir yaş daha genç,
Her bahar biraz daha aşığım;
Korkar mıyım?
Ah, dostum, derdim başka...”
― Orhan Veli Kanık

“I think you still love me, but we can’t escape the fact that I’m not enough for you. I knew this was going to happen. So I’m not blaming you for falling in love with another woman. I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.”
― Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun