Liseliler Quotes & Sayings

I am a woman committed to
a politics
of transliteration, the methodology

of a mind
stunned at the suddenly
possible shifts of meaning - for which
like amnesiacs

in a ward on fire, we must
find words
or burn. — Olga Broumas

Yet, fince o-oods are twofold, and each kind benefits thofe by whom it is received, hence the Homeric poetry diftributes them into twofold coordinations, and, indicating their difference with refpecl to each other, denominates the one as abfolutely good, but places the other feparate, as contrary to good. — Anonymous

Buy health insurance, or go to jail. — Barack Obama

Novelists invent characters; poets invent themselves. — Marty Rubin

As we see more and more people online, it can get difficult to remember that behind every text message, OkCupid profile, and Tinder picture there's an actual living, breathing, complex person, just like you. — Aziz Ansari

I've had a lot of 'aha' moments, but the big 'aha' about growing older is the mental freedom. — Isabella Rossellini

But there is so much you can do with five children in a dark parking lot before you want to sell them. — Emma McLaughlin

As things stand the "intellectuals" only come out to lick the bones left over by the tyrant. — Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Expulsion from Paradise is in its main aspect eternal: that is to say, although expulsion from Paradise is final, and life in theworld unavoidable, the eternity of the process (or, expressed in temporal terms, the eternal repetition of the process) nevertheless makes it possible not only that we might remain in Paradise permanently, but that we may in fact be there permanently, no matter whether we know it here or not. — Franz Kafka

Preacher is an instrument of compassion, not an instrument of wrath. — Radhanath Swami

New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock. — Gyorgy Ligeti

I am often asked by editors, fans, friends about what I read or which authors influence my writing.

My answer seems surprising to them, for people expect names and quotes from me, while I give them the source of "feelings".
I believe that becoming a writer is not about finding similarities, nor following the same trends, with different accessories. I often un-follow subscriptions and newsfeeds when I want to write about something.

When I write I follow, read and am inspired by Life, People and Passion. I guess my "current" is personal and universal.
(Soar) — Soar

The telephone, it struck me at that moment, is the wrong means of communication for people without ears. — Timur Vermes