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Poems of Nazım Hikmet

Book by Nâzım Hikmet · 11 quotes · Love, Mourning, Amore

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“The life-loving, smart, good-hearted dead don't want forty days of mourning or say, "After me the deluge!" Leaving behind some helpful things - a few words, a tree, a smile - each gets up and goes and does not burden the living with the darkness of the tomb, carrying the weight of his stone all alone. And because they ask for nothing from the living, it's as if they aren't dead... - Conversation with Dead Nezval”