Erdem Akın > Erdem's Quotes

“The only thing I'll never have is what I have lost for ever and ever... As long as I live, until I draw my last breath, I shall remember Asel and all those beautiful things that were ours. The day I was to leave I went to the lake and stood on the rise above it. I was saying good-bye to the Tien Shan mountains, to Issyk-Kul. Good-bye, Issyk-Kul, my unfinished song! How I wish I could take you with me, your blue waters and your yellow shores, but I can't, just as I can't take the woman I love with me. Goodbye, Asel. Good-bye, my pretty poplar in a red kerchief! Good-bye, my love, I want you to be happy...”
― Chingiz Aitmatov, Piebald Dog Running Along the Shore and Other Stories

“Art, art of any kind, shows that folks are trying.”
― Walter Kirn, Mission to America

“There is no need for intelligence of few man if everybody else is mad.”
― Ömer Seyfettin , Selected Stories of Ömer Seyfettin

“Bireyselciliğe atılmış en büyük tokat felaket ve yıkımlardır.”
― Erdem AKIN

“Anadolu bir mozaik değil bir mezarlıktır. Yok olmuş milletlerin, devletlerin mezarlığıdır. Bu topraklarda bin yıldır bakî kalan Türk milletidir.”
― Erdem AKIN

“Hayata küfredecek kadar cesaretli olamayan, hayatın Postmodern yanına sövüyor.”
― Erdem AKIN

“Compassion is the basis of morality.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

“Bizde basın Türk değildir.”
― Atilla Ilhan

“Hatay; Mondros'tan sonra ilk direnişin başladığı buna rağmen anavatana en son katılan ildir. Kimse Hatay üzerinde oyun oynamaya kalkmasın.”
― Erdem AKIN