Ozen

“In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists.”
― Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

“—I hope you don't mind my saying so, boss, but I don't think your brain is quite formed yet. How old are you?
—Thirty-five.
—Then it never will be.”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“Let people be, boss; don't open their eyes. And supposing you did, what'd they see? Their misery! Leave their eyes closed, boss, and let them go on dreaming!”
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

“There is more going on, then, than the clumsy interventions of the west in Iraq and Afghanistan and the use of pressure in Ukraine, Iran and elsewhere. From east to west, the Silk Roads are rising up once more. It is easy to feel confused and disturbed by dislocation and violence . . . . What we are witnessing, however, are the birthing pains of a region that once dominated the intellectual, cultural and economic landscape and which is now re-emerging. We are seeing the signs of the world's centre of gravity shifting—back to where it lay for millennia.”
― Peter Frankopan, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World