Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.

Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.

In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.

There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god.

As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them

The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game.

The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life

We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction

Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves.

Despite the loss they were suffering, they'd both relaxed - as people do when they realize they've run out of chances for happiness

Women kill themselves because they hope to gain something, " said Kadife. "Men kill themselves because they've lost hope of gaining anything.

I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.

We don't do sensible things. This is America.

The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.

The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.

God works in his elect in two ways: inwardly, by his Spirit; outwardly, by his Word.

New York is ultimately not the synthesis but merely the sum of its unfathomable subjectivities, its personal histories, its uncategorisable figures.

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.

You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old-timey savory dressing.

The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.

There is but one way of refusing To-morrow, that is to die.