The Secret History — Reaction Log 1
"I didn't feel like explaining my own girlfriend problems, not to him. It was only quite recently that I had managed to extricate myself from a long, claustrophobic relationship with a girl in California whom we will call Kathy. I met her my first year of college, and was initially attracted to her because she seemed an intelligent, brooding malcontent like myself, but after about a month, during which time she'd firmly glued herself to me, I began to realize, with some little horror, that she was nothing more than a lowbrow, pop-psychology version of Sylvia Plath." Hilarious
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Duygu ve Düşünce
I have not known him long indeed, but I am much better acquainted with him that I am with any other creature in the world, except yourself and mama.
Etimoloji Defteri
Mücellit Nedir ?
Every circumstance belonging to him was interesting.
At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome.
"Straight ahead of him, nobody can go very far..."
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"avam olan kim, kim onu (her) avam yaptı, üstelik seçkin bir aileden olan da oydu (she). Kendisinin ondan (her) daha iyi olduğunu düşünmesini sağlayarak onu (her) kendisi gibi yapan oydu (he), artık o (she) da onun gibi, onun (him) gibi olmanın onu daha iyi yapacağına inanıyor. Kendisi (himself) hakkındaki gerçeği saptırdı, artık onunla aynı (özdeşim!) ve onu (her) saptırdı."
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