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Moonlight the falsest the most languid the most petit-bourgeoisstrikes me I like itNazim Hikmet
2
The train plunges on through the pitch-black night I never knew I liked the night pitch-blacksparks fly from the engine I didn't know I loved sparks I didn't know I loved so many things and I had to wait until sixty to find it out sitting by the window on the Prague-Berlin train watching the world disappear as if on a journey of no returnNazim Hikmet
3
Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.Nazim Hikmet