كان خلفي زمن لا محدود حتّى قبل أن أولد , وبعد أن متّ أيضاً , زمن لا ينتهي !لم أفكر بهذا وأنا حي . كنت أعيش وسط ضوء بين زمنين مظلمين .
صرّح صاحب دكان يحب الكلام الوجيز بأن الزبائن في الحقيقة لا يشترون الألبسة، بل يشترون خيالاً.ما أرادوا شراءه في الحقيقة هو أن يكونوا مثل الآخرين الذين يرتدون تلك الألبسة.
الحب هو الرغبة في أن تتمسك بسرعة بشخص آخر وأن تكونا معا في نفس المكان;فهو الرغبة في ألا تصبح مهتما بالعالم وأنت تحتضن الآخر.إنه رغبة ملحة في العثور على مرفأ آمن لروحك الإنسانية.
We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction
To be left with only the trace of a memory is to gaze at an armchair that's still molded to the form of a love who has left never to return: It is to grieve, dear reader, it is to weep.
To be able to see the Bosphorus, even from afar—for İstanbullus this is a matter of spiritual import that may explain why windows looking out onto the sea are like the mihrabs in mosques, the altars i...
These were innocent people, so innocent that they thought poverty a crime that wealth would allow them to forget. --- from the notebooks of Celal Salik
My fear was not the fear of God but, as in the case of the whole Turkish secular bourgeoisie, fear of the anger of those who believe in God too zealously(...) I experienced the guilt complex as someth...
Kederden ölüyormuş gibi yaparak yürüdüm karanlığa kederden ölerek.
It was in Cihangir that i first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments where no one knew who was dead or who was celebrating what - but an archipel...
In actuality, we don't look for smiles in pictures of bliss, but rather, for the happiness in life itself. Painters know this, but this is preciously what they cannot depict. That's why they substitut...
He could sense the darkness inside him looking for an excuse to manifest itself.
After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.
Oscar Wilde always makes me smile - with respect and admiration. His short stories prove that it is possible to be both sarcastic, even cynical, but deeply compassionate. Just seeing the cover of one...
The essential reason for my loneliness is that I don't even know where I belong.
عشقه که آدما ابله میکنه یا فقط ادمای احمق عاشق میشن؟
أعتقد أن حياتي تقليد لحياة أصلية يجب أن تكون عليها ، وهي ككل تقليد .. مؤلمة ومسكينة يجب أن تخجل منها !
Women kill themselves because they hope to gain something, said Kadife. Men kill themselves because they've lost hope of gaining anything.
When we lose people we love, we should never disturb their souls, whether living or dead. Instead, we should find consolation in an object that reminds you of them, something...I don't know...even an...
We live but for a short time, we see but very little, and we know almost nothing; so, at least, let's do some dreaming. Have yourself a very good Sunday, my dear readers.