“ The train plunges on through the pitch-black nightI never knew I liked the night pitch-blacksparks fly from the engineI didn't know I loved sparksI didn't know I loved so many things and I had to wait… Nazim Hikmet
“ Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupati… Nazim Hikmet
“ Haven't you ever thought of livingunconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth,close to pears and the mossy dark,far from human voices and Nazim Hikmet
“ I can't promise to becalm, dignified,and indifferent, like a rock by the sea...If my heart's going to break, let it break from anger,grief,or Nazim Hikmet
“ Separation isn’t time or distanceit’s the bridge between usfiner than silk thread sharper than swords Nazim Hikmet
“ I know you can't wash in the same river even onceI know the river will bring new lights that you will not seeI know we live slightly longer than a horse and not nearly as long as a crowI know this has… Nazim Hikmet
“ The beeches deep in snow,I walk the dark woodsIn sorrow, sorrow.Your hand, where is your Nazim Hikmet
“ The life-loving, smart,good-hearted deaddon't want forty days of mourningor say, "After me the deluge!"Leaving behind some helpful things- a few words, a tree, a smile -each gets up and goesand does n… Nazim Hikmet
“ The strangest of our powersIs the courage to liveKnowing that we will die,Knowing nothing more Nazim Hikmet
“ I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead for I am dead I'm only seven though I died In Hiroshima long ago I'm seven now as I was the… Nazim Hikmet
“ Believe in seeds, earth, and the sea, but in people above all. Love clouds, machines, and books, but people above all. Grievefor the withering branch, the dying star,and the hurt animal, but feel for… Nazim Hikmet
“ Living is no laughing matter:You must take it seriously.So much so and to such a degreethat, for example, your hands tiedbehind your back,your back to the wallor else in a laboratoryin your white coat… Nazim Hikmet
