Nâzım Hikmet

“To live is a thing of beauty, my brother. To live is a thing of beauty.”

“To be a poet is a matter of life, not of writing.”

“The most beautiful sea hasn't been crossed yet. The most beautiful child hasn't grown up yet. Our most beautiful days we haven't seen yet. And the most beautiful words I wanted to tell you I haven't said yet...”

“If I don't burn, if you don't burn, if we don't burn, how will the darkness come to light?”

“And the best of all our days is the one we have not yet lived.”

“The century in which we live is shameless.”

“Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel, for example.”

“I understood that the world was my home.”

“You are my drunkenness, not my hangover.”

“It's this way: being captured is beside the point, the point is not to surrender.”

“They are the enemies of hope, my love.”