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I've learned some things from having lived:
If you're alive, experience one thing with all your power
Your beloved should be worn out from being kissed
And you should drop exhausted from the smelling of a flower

— Ataol Behramoğlu I've Learned Some Things (2008)

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Death, one experiences alone
Love is a two-person thing

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Is the truth of tablecloths to be spread? How awful always to take refuge in known words
A person should let himself go.

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Creativity is a hidden gem. Education is needed to uncover it.

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The poet should be responsible to the poem.

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A person can gaze at the sky for hours
Can gaze for hours at a bird, a child, the sea
To live on the earth is to become part of it
To strike down roots that won't pull free

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