Ayse Kulin Quotes & Sayings

She kept everything with nostalgic significance, and this instinct was typical of people who are always on the move. — Ayse Kulin

You'll always find a reason not to refuse him, a good reason, Nimeta. Because you're still in love with him, — Ayse Kulin

Now this, this is hell! Nimeta said to herself. I've lived to see hell on earth. God must be making us pay for our sins here and now. — Ayse Kulin

toward him with slumped shoulders. — Ayse Kulin

After all is said and done, what is life anyway? Aren't we all going to die in the end? I believe life is only worth living if, while we are on this earth, we can do honorable things. — Ayse Kulin

Water is poured onto the road as a guest departs, both to make the journey "as smooth and fluid as water" and to ensure their safe return. — Ayse Kulin

How on earth could he find the time to care for her when he was inundated with work? — Ayse Kulin

No country is completely free of those who would prefer to keep people separate. Even in countries with the most homogenous of populations, there will always be some who feel compelled to condemn, envy, and attack others, whether for belonging to a different political party or merely for supporting a rival football club. — Ayse Kulin

What a shame swear words aren't allowed in diplomacy. — Ayse Kulin

Love is like a flame; it burns itself out eventually, — Ayse Kulin

We've lived openly with our different backgrounds for years in this country. There's never been a problem. Do you think people are going to change overnight just because a madman is taking the reins of government?" "Nobody could have predicted that reasonable Germans would stand by as their Jewish neighbors were rounded up and exterminated. But when that madman came to power, everything changed, and reasonable people did nothing to stop it. They all tried to save their own skin first and foremost. — Ayse Kulin

It had not had much effect, but that was beside the point. "Love is like a flame; it burns itself out eventually," Sabiha had told Selva. "What will you do then? — Ayse Kulin

If life is too short, isn't that more reason to make the most of what we've got? To live the way we want to? — Ayse Kulin

Think carefully. We only have one life to live. We alone are responsible for it. — Ayse Kulin

There are three different takes on career women in this house, she thought to herself: that of my husband, who respects working women but wishes I wasn't one of them; that of my mother, who hates the very idea; and then there's me, a working woman who has no idea what she really wants! There — Ayse Kulin

My God, she thought, where on earth can I go to save my son from such suffering? Is there any corner of the vast world where people live without tormenting each other? — Ayse Kulin

Ebru, or water marbling, is formed by drawing designs with dye on the surface of water and then transferring the whirled image onto paper placed on the water. — Ayse Kulin

bedroom. He threw the cover, quilt, and pillows hastily on the floor, feeling the sides of the mattress until he found what he was looking for. — Ayse Kulin

Or perhaps she would be applying her innovative light therapy to the White House staff. — Ayse Kulin