Quotes of Nazım Hikmet - somelinesforyou

“ And the most beautiful words ever spoken, I have not yet said to you. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Living is no laughing matter: You must take it seriously. So much so and to such a degree that, for example, your hands tied behind your back, your back to the wall or else in a laboratory in your white coat and safety glasses, you can die for people – even for people whose faces you’ve never seen, even though you know living is the most real, most beautiful thing. I mean, you must take living so seriously that even at seventy, for example, you’ll plant olive trees – and not for your children, either, but because, although you fear death you don’t believe it, because living, I mean, weighs heavier. "On Living ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Living is no laughing matter: You must take it seriously. So much so and to such a degree that, for example, your hands tied behind your back, your back to the wall or else in a laboratory in your white coat and safety glasses, you can die for people – even for people whose faces you’ve never seen, even though you know living is the most real, most beautiful thing. I mean, you must take living so seriously that even at seventy, for example, you’ll plant olive trees – and not for your children, either, but because, although you fear death you don’t believe it, because living, I mean, weighs heavier. "On Living ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ And the most beautiful words ever spoken, I have not yet said to you. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ My head bows before the thing you mention. But my heart doesn't speak that language. The Epic of Sheik Bedreddin, Verse 9. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Of course you'll live, red-haired lady of my heart: in the twentieth century grief lasts at most a year. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Of course you'll live, red-haired lady of my heart: in the twentieth century grief lasts at most a year. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ And don't forget, a prisoner's wife must always think good thoughts. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Of course you'll live, red-haired lady of my heart: in the twentieth century grief lasts at most a year. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation. ”

- Nazım Hikmet

“ Of course you'll live, red-haired lady of my heart: in the twentieth century grief lasts at most a year. ”

- Nazım Hikmet
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