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Quotes

The lines readers underline most. Share them freely with attribution; quotations over 300 words need the publisher’s permission.

“Drought is not the rain stopping. Drought is nobody waiting for rain any more.”
The Light at the Bottom of the Well, 2024
“A village remembers as deep as its well; once the bottom shows, everyone looks the other way.”
The Light at the Bottom of the Well, 2024
“For forty years I looked for water. It turns out I was looking for the ones who kept quiet.”
The Light at the Bottom of the Well, 2024
“Don’t think you know a thing because you measured it. The scale has never tasted bread.”
The Wind Gatherers, 2021
“A craft doesn’t die; there are simply fewer hands waiting for it.”
The Wind Gatherers, 2021
“A man who does not know the wind’s name is a guest at sea.”
The Wind Gatherers, 2021
“Looking at the sky together is not being together; it is only being silent in the same direction.”
The Eclipse Notebook, 2019
“In a small town everyone knows everyone; nobody knows anybody.”
The Eclipse Notebook, 2019
“The state measures water, people measure loss. The two don’t add up in the same ledger.”
Kırkikindi, 2016
“A home is a wall that recognises you when you come back.”
Kırkikindi, 2016
“Every craft has its own silence; the master doesn’t speak, the hands do.”
The Silent Map, 2013
“Learning to fly begins with forgiving the fall.”
The Bird at the Window, 2022