Amerikali roman yazari David Vann’in dogum gunu (19 Ekim 1966)
"Aci insana sadece bir secenek sunar, Sheri, o da ondan kacmaktir. Insan ondan kacmaya calisir. Baska secenek yoktur, cunku hicbir sey aci cekmekten daha korkunc olamaz. Insanlar yitirdiklerinin duygusal veya psikolojik acisindan soz ederler, ama katiksiz fiziksel acinin yaninda bunlar hic kalir. Aci seni kivrim kivrim kivrandirir, kendini parçcalara ayirmak istersin. Onu bir an bile olsa unutmak icin feryat eder, yakip yikar, her seyle ve herkesle savasirsin." Akvaryum
"Pain offers only one choice, Sheri. You have to run from it. You have to try to escape. There’s no other choice, because it’s more terrible than anything else. People complain about emotional pain or psychological pain, the pain of loss, but this is nothing compared to pure physical agony. You’ll twist and turn until you rip yourself apart. You’ll scream and destroy and fight everything and everyone if it brings even a single moment in which you’re not as fully aware of the pain."
“Biraz tutulmussun galiba, dedi teyzesi, gulumseyerek. Birden Galen'in kafasina dank etti. Teyzesi ondan nefret ediyordu. Gun gibi ortadaydi bu. Galen teyzesini severdi, onun da kendisini sevdigini zannetmisti, fakat simdi onun annesinden ve annesinin uzantisi olan kendisinden nefret ettigini anlayabiliyordu. Teyzesinin yuzunde kotucul bir gulumseme vardi.” Pislik
“You look a little stiff, his aunt said, smiling. And suddenly he understood. His aunt hated him. It was instantly clear. He liked her, and he had thought she liked him, but now he could see that she hated his mother and hated him as her extension. Her smile all meanness.”
“Hatiralarin , gercekte olduklarindan daha zengin olduklarini anladim ; gecmise yolculuk insani hatiralarina yabancilastirir sadece . Hayatimizi , hatta kendimizi hatiralarin uzerine kurmussak eger , eve donus bunu da alir elimizden.” Bir Intihar Efsanesi
“Memories are infinitely richer than their origins, I discovered; to travel back can only estrange one even from memory itself. And because memory is often all that a life or a self is built on, returning home can take away exactly that.”



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