Ka Knew Very Well That Life Was

Hüzün Does Not Just Paralyze The Inhabitants Of Instanbul, It Also Gives Them Poetic License To Be Paralyzed.

Real Museums Are Places Where Time Is Transformed Into Space.

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)

My Decision To View The World Through Novels, As It Were, Which Is A Typically European Way Of Looking At Things, Became A Heavy Burden For Me. But I Took It On Consciously, Even Though It Was Torture For Me.

My Hero Wants To Belong Too, But He Doesn't Want To Give Up All The Things He Came To Value In The West.