I Am Proud To Be A Turk,

My Religion Is Complicated. Literature Is My True Religion. After All, I Come From A Completely Non-religious Family.

Sometimes I Would See Them Not As Mementos Of The Blissful Hours But As The Tangible Precious Debris Of The Storm Raging In My Soul.

When Two People Love Each Other As We Do, No One Can Come Between Them, No One," I Said, Amazed At The Words I Was Uttering Without Preparation. "lovers Like Us, Because They Know That Nothing Can Destroy Their Love, Even On The Worst Days, Even When They Are Heedlessly Hurting Each Other In The Cruelest , Most Deceitful Ways, Still Carry In Their Hearts A Consolation That Never Abandons Them." (p.191)

I Have Hired A Bodyguard, On The Recommendation Of My Friends And The Government. It's Outrageous, Having To Live Like This.

I See Turkey's Future As Being In Europe, As One Of Many Prosperous, Tolerant, Democratic Countries.