Ingiliz roman yazari, sair, elestirmen ve dergi editoru (Ford Madox Hueffer) Ford Madox Ford’un dogum yil donumu (17 Aralik 1873)
"Erkek bir kadinla, onunla konusabilmek icin yatar. Erkek icin bir kadini metres yapmak sadece birinci adimdir; esas onemli olan ikinci adimdir, yani onu arkadas yapmak. Yatmadiginiz bir kadinla arkadas olmaniz pratikte imkansizdir cunku konusulmamis bircok sey cevrenizde dolanip durur." Gecit Toreninin Sonu
"That one goes to bed with a woman in order to be able to talk to her. Implication: that turning a woman into a mistress is only a first step; the second step, turning her into a friend, is the one that matters; but being friends with a woman you haven't slept with is in practice impossible because there is too much unspoken in the air."
"Hicbir sey -su dunyada hicbir sey- bilmiyorum insan yuregine dair. Yapayalniz oldugumu biliyorum bir tek- korkunc yalniz. Hicbir somine basi bir daha benim dostca iliskime taniklik etmeyecek. Butun sigara odalari bir daha benim icin duman celenkleri arasinda sayisiz hayaletlerden olusmus bir kalabaliktan baska sey olmayacak. Oysa, Tanri askina, butun omrum bu yerlerde gectigine gore somine basindaki, sigara odasindaki omru tanimiyorsam neyi taniyabilirim ben?"
“I know nothing--nothing in the world--of the hearts of men. I only know that I am alone--horribly alone. No hearthstone will ever again witness, for me, friendly intercourse. No smoking-room will ever be other than peopled with incalculable simulacra amidst smoke wreaths. Yet, in the name of God, what should I know if I don't know the life of the hearth and of the smoking-room, since my whole life has been passed in those places?”
"Duydugum en acikli hikaye bu. Ashburnhamlari Nauheim kentinde son dokuz mevsimdir oldukca yakindan- ya da hem yarim yamalak ve ustunkoru hem de elinize giydiginiz guzel bir eldiven kadar yakin bir ahbapligimiz vardi diyelim- taniyorduk. Esimle ben, Yuzbasi ve Bayan Ashburnham'i insanlari ne kadar taniyabilirseniz o kadar taniyorduk ve gene de baska bir acidan dusununce, kendileriyle alakali hicbir sey bilmiyorduk."
“This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy – or, rather, with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy and yet as close as a good glove’s with your hand. My wife and I knew Captain and Mrs. Ashburnham as well as it was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them.”
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