Ceren

“Now began the part of her life where she was just very beautiful, except for nothing. Only winners will know what this feels like. Have you ever wanted something very badly and then gotten it? Then you know that winning is many things, but it is never the thing you thought it would be.”
― Miranda July, No One Belongs Here More Than You

“İnsan oturduğu odanın duvarlarından biri yok oluvermiş gibi bir noksanlık, bir çıplaklık duyuyor, bir gün evveline kadar kolumuz, bacağımız gibi pek tabii surette mevcut olan bir şeyin birdenbire hiç olmasına inanmak istemiyordu.”
― Sabahattin Ali, İçimizdeki Şeytan

“Düşündüğüm bir şey daha var;
Sevmenin simgesel olarak da, gerçek olarak da yemekten başka bir anlama gelmediği...”
― Bilge Karasu, The Garden of the Departed Cats

“The whole point of crying was to quit before you cornied it up. The whole point of grief itself was to cut it out while it was still honest, while it still meant something. Because the thing was so easily corrupted, let yourself go and you started embellishing your own sobs.”
― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road