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‘“Girl,” she said, “you’re young —
grow up,
marry,
bear sons,
then I’ll ask you
what war is.”’

“God willing, we’ll make her a women’s doctor.
Her father doesn’t approve,
but I am determined.”

yes momma!!!!

“You rose, like the sun, wearing the crown of freedom.”

🌺❤️

“…You know what Engels said —
something like ‘Poets see the future.’
So it came to you as a couplet?
It even sounds good.
Seriously.
Maybe a bit poetic, but not bad:
‘This is the final battle death will fight;
victory belongs to love and life …’”

“Wonder what they’re [demons] like?
Are they like people?
They act like people:
thieving,
seeking their pleasure,
making trouble…”

Ik vraag me honestly af of de demons in deze zin niet gewoon weerspiegelingen zijn van onze sins? Als soort van projectie dat we niet om kunnen gaan met de dingen die we zelf verkeerd doen dus dan met externalisen??

‘Except, brother, you got to have money.
Love, life, and all that —
it all comes down to dough.’

kapitalisme squasht dromen man

‘The talk went on.
And such a moment of friendship occurred
that the peasant guardsmen exchanged glances and,
joking in their thick voices
as if doing some happy job together,
unlocked the handcuffs.’

Er komt steeds meer solidariteit tussen de bewakers en gevangenen 💗 we hebben allemaal meer in common dan we in eerste instantie denken.

“No problem, man,
we’ll get on airplanes anyway —
not to kill people
but just for the fun
of breezing through the sky.”

Post war dreams 💗🇹🇷

…And without letting on to the others, he slipped twenty of his last fifty-five kuruş into Fuat’s pocket.

liefde is delen 💗