“I were to spend the rest of my life in supplication, seeking forgiveness for having murdered her memory. For the greatest betrayal, the greatest sin we can commit against the blameless is to abandon a loving heart.”
― Madonna in a Fur Coat: “By Sabahattin Ali”
― Madonna in a Fur Coat: “By Sabahattin Ali”
“I shall hide it all away, in a place no one will ever find. Everything, everything. But especially my soul.”
― Madonna In a Fur Coat
― Madonna In a Fur Coat
“How could I long so for someone whose existence I’d only just become aware of? But wasn’t it always like this? Some things we never know we need until we find them.”
― Kürk Mantolu Madonna
― Kürk Mantolu Madonna
“I definitely need to love a man. But a real man. A man who could sweep me off my feet without resorting to brute strength. Without asking anything of me, without controlling me, or degrading me, a man who could love me and walk by my side. In other words, a truly powerful man, a real man.”
― Kürk Mantolu Madonna
― Kürk Mantolu Madonna
“But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache. Or perhaps what haunts us is that nagging thought that things might have turned out differently. Because without that thought, we would put it down to fate and accept it.”
― Madonna in a Fur Coat: A Novel by Sabahattin Ali
― Madonna in a Fur Coat: A Novel by Sabahattin Ali
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