Sysyphus

“Ağzının, güzel dudaklarının yanında bir gülümseme yaratmak için, ne uzun yollardan geçiyorsun. Kendinden veriyorsun ve durmadan eksiliyorsun. Oysa bazı insanlar, oldukları gibi kalarak, elde ederler istediklerini. Ben, kanımı damla damla süzerek veriyorum.”
― Oğuz Atay, Tehlikeli Oyunlar

“Not for the first time Marianne thinks cruelty does not only hurt the victim, but the perpetrator also, and maybe more deeply and more permanently.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People

“He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she's aware of this now, while it's happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.”
― Sally Rooney, Normal People