“Years after the war, after marriages, children, divorces, books, he came to Paris with his wife. He phoned her. It's me. She recognized him at once from the voice. He said, I just wanted to hear your voice. She said, it's me, hello. He was nervous, afraid, as before. His voice suddenly trembled. And with the trembling, suddenly, she heard again the voice of China. He knew she'd begun writing books, he'd heard about it through her mother whom he'd met again in Saigon. And about her younger brother, and he'd been grieved for her. Then he didn't know what to say. And then he told her. Told her that it was as before, that he still loved her, he could never stop loving her, that he'd love her until death.”
Source: The Lover
“Let be be finale of seem.
The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream.”
Source: Harmonium
“The Lady may favor
you, but at least I am in charge of my own destiny.”
Source: My Merlin Awakening
“When you are destined for greatness, it shows in everything you do.
It becomes you. Greatness becomes you.”
Source: Targeting Success, Develop the Right Business Attitude to be Successful in the Workplace
“KARLI KAYIN ORMANINDA
...
En acayip gücümüzdür,
kahramanlıktır yaşamak:
Öleceğimizi bilip
öleceğimizi mutlak.
Memleket mi, daha uzak,
gençliğim mi, yıldızlar mı?
Bayramoğlu, Bayramoğlu,
ölümden öte köy var mı ?
...”
Source: Yeni Şiirler (1951-1959): Şiirler 6
“Ci eravamo incontrati perché doveva succedere, e anche se non fosse stato quel giorno, prima o poi ci saremmo sicuramente incontrati da qualche altra parte.”
Source: Norwegian Wood
“It is said some lives are linked across time. Connected by an ancient calling that echoes through the ages. Destiny.”
“At once a voice arose among
The bleak twigs overhead
In a full-hearted evensong
Of joy illimited;
An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, In blast-beruffled plume,
Had chosen thus to fling his soul
Upon the growing gloom.
So little cause for carollings
Of such ecstatic sound
Was written on terrestrial things
Afar or nigh around,
That I could think there trembled through
His happy good-night air
Some blessed Hope, whereof he knew
And I was unaware.”
Source: The Complete Poems
“The time will come when you will doubt everything you stand for, but you must push forward and never stop. Do not let others speak for you, or you will lose your voice forever.” ~The Grimoire”
Source: Lichgates
“We walk the paths we choose.”
Source: Vital Signs