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“Sometimes, well into middle age, I composed letters to my father. In my dreams, I would meet him on a busy street, after many lost years, and he would receive me with the same old warmth. We would get into a little train together, or sit in a dark hall, watching a screen lit up with bright, moving images. 'Where were you all these years?' I would ask him, and he would ruffle my hair. My father hadn't died; he was a traveller in a different dimension, and he would turn up every now and then, just to see if I was all right.”

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Lone Fox Dancing

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Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond is a celebrated Indian author born in May 1934. He is renowned for his contributions to children's literature and adult fiction, with his works often reflecting the Indian countryside and its people. Bond's writing style is characterized by its warmth, humor, and insight into the Indian way of life. more

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“She wrote his name on a piece of paper and lit it with a match. The letters curled as they turned dark and misshapen until she didn’t recognize them. They were figments of something that she had done in her past, lost into some other form of existence. Where did the letters go now? She tried to find traces within the ash of some resemblance of what used to be. She dug down, her fingers turning black and gray like the depths of her. He was gone. Gone. What was she left with but ashes and darkness once the light of the flame went out? The smell of smoke lingered like a memory of him. Was this the end or could she write a new word? Not a new name, not his name, but could she call a new word into existence? A new piece of HER; a new reason for her existence? Picking up the permanent marker, Amy placed it in her pocket for later. Ashes blow in the creek bed and blend with the stream, moving down like sand in an hourglass.”

“Sevdiğinin aniden ve beklenmedik şekilde ölümünden önceki son yirmi dört saati... Bir kitaba sığar mı ki? İki kitaba sığar mı? Sanmıyorum. Bir sel gibi aklıma doluşuyorlar. Bunlar aslında her gün, her zaman olup biten sıradan şeyler, aynı zamanda da önemsiz ve kolayca unutulabilir şeyler... Fakat ya şimdi? Şimdi, ne kadar da farklı. Ne kadar değerli, ne kadar önemli şeyler. Şimdi artık hepsi unutulmaz, hepsi hazin, hepsi kutsal, hepsi nasıl da itibarlı.”

“THE ONES WE LOSE The ones we lose Take more than themselves with them As they leave, they steal parts of you That you will never grow back Like a tree pruned too much Your blossoms are fruitless But you will heal No matter if it was peaceful, Senseless, Violent Show me your hands When you leave I want to see the parts of me that also disappear”

“THE BRIGHT ONES Even the bright ones lose their glow Even the royal lose their throne Even the dancer’s feet grow sore I can see your spirit elevated In a majestic leap toward the sky I can understand now Why we wish upon the stars at night Sometimes the ones we love wait quiet Sometimes we lose them in an instant Sometimes we don’t understand the reason I can see your mind reeling Pictures scattered across the floor It should comfort us These memories But right now I want to wage a war Even the bright ones lose their glow”