Neşe Kalyoncu’s Reviews > The Kites > Status Update
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« The Germans, yes of course, the Germans … It’s their turn in history, that’s all. We’ll see, after the war, once Germany has been defeated and Nazism has bolted or been buried, whether other peoples, in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, in America, don’t pick up the torch. »
— Nov 08, 2025 12:06PM
Like flag
Neşe Kalyoncu’s Previous Updates
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« the Pont d’Arcole in Paris, which supposedly bears this name because during the July Revolution of 1830, a young man was shot down there as he planted a tricolor flag, and as he fell, called out, “Remember that my name is Arcole.” »
— Nov 09, 2025 08:16AM
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« . My favorite example of this is doux, for which English requires no fewer than six different words: it can mean sugary, gentle, soft, smooth, clement, or kindly. »
— Nov 09, 2025 08:16AM
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« “Don’t give up on her.” I couldn’t tell whether he was talking about Lila or France. »
— Nov 08, 2025 09:41AM
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« But dreamers have a kind of ill repute; there’s an everlasting and organic link between dreaming and rebellion. »
— Nov 08, 2025 09:32AM
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« So this young woman you have been imagining for three years with so much fervor, when you find her again … You’ll need to keep inventing her, with everything you have. »
— Nov 06, 2025 10:31PM
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« They say love is blind but who knows — with you blindness might just be another way of seeing … »
— Oct 28, 2025 08:34AM
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« as I matured, I had begun spontaneously arming myself for life. »
fervid resolve
— Oct 21, 2025 11:39PM
fervid resolve
Neşe Kalyoncu
is starting
« nothing quelled the threat of war with such serenity as the heat of her lips on my neck, on my face — a heat I would never cease to feel there, even after they were long gone. »
— Oct 19, 2025 10:33AM
