Ozen

“Within minutes a small crowd had gathered: what could be more interesting than other people's lives?”
― Neel Mukherjee, The Lives of Others

“The blood of too many, dissolving the very stain.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

“There is more going on, then, than the clumsy interventions of the west in Iraq and Afghanistan and the use of pressure in Ukraine, Iran and elsewhere. From east to west, the Silk Roads are rising up once more. It is easy to feel confused and disturbed by dislocation and violence . . . . What we are witnessing, however, are the birthing pains of a region that once dominated the intellectual, cultural and economic landscape and which is now re-emerging. We are seeing the signs of the world's centre of gravity shifting—back to where it lay for millennia.”
― Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

“Biliyor musun,” dedi, “sen çok kolay yenileniyorsun. Kertenkeleler gibi. Kuyruğuna basıldığında, hemen yenisini çıkarıyorsun. Ama bu güç senin içinden gelmiyor. Başka insanlardan alıyorsun.”
“Ne yani, ben vampir miyim?”
“Hayır, narsistsin belki,” dedi.”
― Mehmet Günsur, İçeriye Bakan Kim