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“ 'Do you know why I hate you? You and every other man in the world? Because you ask so much of us, as if it were your natural right …”

“At the same time, and in one flash, this drawing explained Raif Efendi to me. For now I could well understand his unwavering serenity and his reluctance to form relationships. For how could a man so intimately acquainted with his surroundings, and so clear and sharp in his observations of others, ever know anger or excitement?