More Quotes by Nâzım Hikmet
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.
My country or the stars Or my youth, what's farthest?
At eighteen you sleep without memories.
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.
Loneliness feels like prison.
However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die.
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.
Separation isnt time or distance its the bridge between us finer than silk thread sharper than swords
That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.
I'm only seven, although I died In Hiroshima long ago, I'm seven now as I was then - When children die, they do not grow.
