“I read somewhere, one, that crying defies scientific explanation. Tears are only meant to lubricate the eyes. There is no real reason for tear glands to overproduce tears at the behest of emotion.
I think we cry to release the animal parts of us without losing our humanity. Because inside of me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom, toward Tobias, and, above all, towards life. And as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.”
KİTAPLA İLGİLİ YAZIM VE PROJEM. GAYE DİLEK GEZER
KİTAPLAR ÖLMESİN (DON’T LET THE BOOKS DİE)
Sadece canlılar mı ölür, peki ya kitaplar? Kitapların da bir ruhu yok mudur?
Kitap sektörünün ve yayıncılığın zor günler geçirdiği günümüzde, acilen bir şeyler yapılmazsa eğer kitaplar ölecek ve kültür büyük bir darbe görecektir. Kitapların ölmesi demek, toplumun hafızasının ölmesi demektir ki bu
White Man's Burden
take up the white man's burden--
send forth the best ye breed--
go, bind your sons to exile
to serve your captives' need;
to wait, in heavy harness,
on fluttered folk and wild--
your new-caught sullen peoples,
half devil and half child.
Moonchild
We're born in the moonlight
Ain't no fantasy
Can't breathe in the sunlight
Gotta hide your heart
We're born to be sad, sad, sad, sad
Suffer to be glad, glad, glad, glad
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