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More Quotes by Nâzım Hikmet
I've never regretted I was born too soon. I'm proud to be a child of the twentieth century. I'm satisfied to join its ranks on our side and fight for a new world.
Looking at this insolent earth, you hear the first battle cry of our species- trap it under a rock and together, screaming, attack and destroy it, as if killing a mammoth.
Separation isnt time or distance its the bridge between us finer than silk thread sharper than swords
When the light of the star which flows into my eyes as a drop of gold first pierced the darkness in space, there was not a single eye on earth looking at the sky.
The life of man is long, perhaps longer than necessary Or perhaps it is shorter than necessary?
Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.
At eighteen you sleep without memories.
At eighteen you don't think about memories, you tell them.
don't forget, a prisoner's wife must always think good thoughts.
And the most beautiful words ever spoken, I have not yet said to you.