And before long , the msuic , the views rushing past the window , my fathers voice and the narrow cobblestone streets all merged into one , and it seemed to me that while we would never find answers to these fundamental questions , it was good for us to ask them anyway . pg. 284

There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.

Without patience and the skill of a craftsman, even the greatest talent is wasted.

I do not believe in a personal connection to God; that's where it gets transcendental.

Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living luminously between two eternities of darkness.

It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people.

What was venerated as style was nothing more than an imperfection or flaw that revealed the guilty hand.