Yağmurlarla diplerinden yeşeren çalıların kökleri o gece gövdelerini saran alevleri anımsıyor mu? (s.155)

Niçin bu kadar bağlıyım geçmiş zamana? De ki: Hayatının boşluğa savrulan yüzünden öyle çok nefret ediyorsun ki, seni mutsuz eden bu yüze yıllarca bakmak, ellerinle kavramak ve anlamak istiyorsun.

Zaten ölüm sihirli sözcüğü onun. rujunu yazeler gibi ölümden söz eder. Böyle süsleniyor, ifadesine ölümün bilinmezliği sinecek...s. 15

İnsan aldığını silen bir varlıktır, yalnızca verdiğinin hesabını yapmayı bilir. (s. 146)

The djinn Kepse was invisible at first but later it appeared as a fever, followed by sweating and shivering. Finally it pounced on your chest and sat there, a black ball with neither hands nor feet, and with eyes like lentils. If, just at that moment, you were quick enough to reach out and grab Kepse, it immediately became your faithful servant. But if you missed, and it escaped, you never got another chance.

Dirmit looked at the spot left by her mother's finger. Then she ran her eyes across the four walls and counted all the marks that had been stamped there to predict that they would be abandoned, they would go mad, they would be left to starve without a roof over their heads, or they would fall into evil ways. 'We've made so many markes for one another!' she reflected. Then she got up and started to scratch off all the spots.

Icerideki her sey insan eliyle yapilmis, dunya disaridadir.

After a while, her speech changed too, and she began to speak just like the other villagers. One thing she never learnt, however, was to stop and give way to the men she met on the road. Instead, she marched straight ahead with firm steps.

Birdie-bird plant, is it shameful for girls to send messages to boys?""No, it's not.""Should I send more messages then?""Just to those boys you love.

Water pump, water pump, I've got some good news for you.""What's your good nes, Dirmit girl?""There's a teacher in the village.""He's here for you, then.""Guess what he said to me.""What did he say, what did he say?""He said I didn't look like a peasant.""Were you pleased?""I was pleased.