Nutuk Quotes & Sayings

Or maybe they weren't changing. Maybe they were just now becoming what they had always wanted to be. — Eilis O'Neal

If the wise men mounted their camels now, they could escape, no question. But Balthazar hadn't ridden into Bethlehem to run. He'd come to kill every last one of them, or die trying. — Seth Grahame-Smith

I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it is and have no moral bias. — Anthony Burgess

Avoid the world, it's just a lot of dust and drag and means nothing in the end. — Jack Kerouac

It's nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state that others are paying large sums of money to get rid of. — Shirley Hazzard

The Turkish language has changed so radically since the time of Kemal's "Nutuk" that a Turk living today would not be able to understand his actual words. The speech literally has to be translated for contemporary Turkish speakers. Most important, any record, history, or document created prior to 1929 is totally unreadable by all Turks — Eric Bogosian

Nothing lulls and inebriates like money; when you have a lot, the world seems a better place than it actually is. — Anton Chekhov

Tell me, Marcus," says Johanna. "Why have you come to visit?"
"I think Beatrice should handle that," he says. "I am merely the transportation."
She shifts her focus to me without question, but I can tell by the wary look in her eyes that she would rather talk to Marcus. She would deny it if I asked her, but I am almost certain Johanna Reyes hates me.
"Um ... " I say. Not my most brilliant opening. I wipe my palms on my skirt. "Things have gotten bad. — Veronica Roth

Truth is not as pompous and romantic as myth ... but it has the immeasurable value of being the Truth. — Felix Alba-Juez

By the end of the week she was thinking constantly about where her body stopped and the air began about the exact point in space and time that was the difference between Maria and other. — Joan Didion

No matter what the odds, we can make this lifetime the best it can be. Think of the story about Morris Goodman in the film of The Secret. Morris lay in hospital completely paralyzed, only able to blink his eyes. But he knew he could still use his mind to visualize, and, against all odds, Morris walked. — Rhonda Byrne

I'm glad I've escaped a hell I had hardly even recognized when I was burning in it. — Rachel Caine

I can't change it, That was God's plan for my life and I'm going to go with it. — Bethany Hamilton

You have to make a decision and be firm. — La La Anthony

His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy! — Queen Victoria

How interesting that a man didn't always admire his own traits in another. The — Grace Draven