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"Öldürdükleri hizmetçilerden birinin kemikleri bulundu. Allah rahmet eylesin, pek semiz, yağlı bir kadındı. Testi kebabı yapmışlar..." 😭😭😭

"But the girl ate nothing but chestnuts and never touched grains, so her father declared that she was too eccentric to be marriageable, and rejected them all."

meeeee

edebiyat camiasındaki erkek yazarların cinsiyetçi olma ve kadınları asla anlamama sorunsalı

“[...] böylesine yumuşacık, battaniyemsi bir paltoyu giyip düğmelerini iliklemek, Hindi'ye çok fena tesir etti; yulafın fazlası ata zarar derler ya, işte tam buydu katibimin başına gelen. [...] Katibim bu yüzden saygısızlaşmıştı ve ben şimdi onun eline bir şey vermenin kendisinden çok şey götürdüğü insanlardan biri olduğunu anlıyordum.”

you just hate poor people 😭

“Bu dünyanın Rumsfield'leri, Bin Ladin'leri, Şaron'ları, Bush'ları inanılmaz bir direnç gösterseler de, insani ve hümanist bir arzu olan aydınlanma ve özgürleşme arzusu kolay kolay ertelenemez.”

“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort.”
tarih derslerinde istisnasız hep ayyyynı şeyin denerek bütün toplumların beyinlerinin yıkanışı ve bu durumun hep böyle süregelmiş olması ancak insanların asla sorgulamaması

“I want to respect Shen Wei’s wishes,” he explained, “so I really can’t say much. But there’s no need to be concerned about him, so don’t worry. Just treat him exactly like you’d treat me.”

Treat him exactly the same, my ass. Zhu Hong stalked out without replying, thinking about how badly she wanted to slap a certain jackass named Zhao.

she's soooo real .. way better characterization in the books

“I have plenty of assets, but I doubt they’d appeal to you. All I really have to offer is my heart. But if you won’t accept it, then just forget about this.”
“I hold all the world’s famous mountains and rivers in my hand, but what of it? They’re nothing but a bunch of rocks and wild waters. Of all that I am, the only part worth anything may be my heart. If you want it, it’s yours.”

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In the dim corridors, Shen Wei’s gaze makes him think of that ghost story in which a demon falls in love with a scholar and paints a picture of him—though the scholar might be bright and mild, the painting will unavoidably be tainted by the artist’s demonic nature.