"I get upset to see things thrown away and forgotten," I said. "They say the Chinese used to believe that things had souls."
"Before we Turks came here from Central Asia, we spent a huge amount of time with the Chinese; there was something about this on television just the other day," said Aunt Nesibe.
Sayfa 565 - Faber & Faber Books
0-30p: Kontrollü okuyucu 📖
40-70p: Hafif bağımlı 👀
80p+: Geçmiş olsun, kitaplar seni ele geçirmiş 😅
Then suddenly I'd hear a ship coming from the direction of Karaköy and Tophane blowing its whistle, and I would remember the noise of the city, and its crowds, and as I tried to conjure up the image of the ferries approaching the piers, I would reluctantly realize just how involved I'd become with the Keskin family, how much time I'd spent eating at this table: As these ships had gone by, blowing their whistles, I'd not even noticed how many months and years had passed us by.
Sayfa 537 - Faber & Faber Books
While these Turkish films kept telling us that one could find "the truth" leaving behind this "world of lies", by now I could no longer believe in the films we saw in the open-air cinemas, with ever dwindling audiences. I could no longer submit to that sentimental realm.
Sayfa 423 - Faber & Faber Books
Yüzünü gösterirsen kalbini kırarlar, kalbin kırılırsa deliye dönersin, deliye dönersen tanrıya yaklaşırsın.
Sayfa 31 - Şövalye Hikayaleri - Zaman Yolcusu
Halk, mevcut sisteme korkudan isyan edemez ama başkaldıran bir insanı hayranlıkla izler.
Sayfa 28 - Ömür Uzel/Kadir İnanır