Quotes by : Nâzım Hikmet

My head bows before the thing you mention.But my heart doesn't speak that lan

I can't promise to becalm, dignified,and indifferent, like a rock by the sea...If my heart's going to....

Separation isn’t time or distanceit’s the bridge between usfiner than silk thread sharper than swords....

The life-loving, smart,good-hearted deaddon't want forty days of mourningor say, "After me the deluge!"Leaving....

I know you can't wash in the same river even onceI know the river will bring new lights that you will....

Believe in seeds, earth, and the sea, but in people above all. Love clouds, machines, and books, but....

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

Haven't you ever thought of livingunconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth,close to pears and the....

Most animals are like people-and like good people

Never mind the stillness -the deep sleeps to