Nâzım Hikmet Quotes

“The worstis when people - knowingly or not -carry prison inside thems”

“Haven't you ever thought of livingunconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth,close to pears and the mossy dark,far from human voices and”

“The cloth cap on my headdoesn't tellwhat's in it.”

“I can't promise to becalm, dignified,and indifferent, like a rock by the sea...If my heart's going to break, let it break from anger,grief,or”

“Never mind the stillness -the deep sleeps to ”

“I like the sound of rain more than my ”

“The beeches deep in snow,I walk the dark woodsIn sorrow, sorrow.Your hand, where is your”

“The life-loving, smart,good-hearted deaddon't want forty days of mourningor say, "After me the deluge!"Leaving behind some helpful things- a few words, a tree, a smile -each gets up and goesand does not burden the livingwith the darkness of the tomb,carrying the weightof his stone all alone.And because they ask for nothingfrom the living, it's as if they aren't d”

“The strangest of our powersIs the courage to liveKnowing that we will die,Knowing nothing more”

“Most animals are like people-and like good people”