Good night, Asia Minor!

Raleigh 2022-03-30 09:01:05

All words, all actions, benevolent or malicious, cannot break down the barriers of selfishness. Everyone is insisting on their "correct life", but they are also tightly bound by loneliness, embarrassment and hardship. In this cold winter, there are white snow, a warm fire, a comfortable study, as well as relatives, lovers and friends... But all of this is also the origin of loneliness. Is chattering to keep yourself from being alone, or to keep others close? They hate each other, but they dare not live alone. On the last night in Istanbul, I thought that I could get closer to this country and this nation through the nearly three-hour movie. But I never thought it would start with this topic. It seems that we all have the same confusion, that is, to accept the reality of "people are born alone", and to try to "get rid of" this reality for the rest of our lives. Well, let's not talk about it, no one can take off the quotation marks that frame the word "get rid of", which is also a reality. Good night, Asia Minor!

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Winter Sleep quotes

  • Aydin: Justice doesn't even exist in nature, why should it exist here?

  • Aydin: [Epilogue] Nihal, I didn't go away. I couldn't. Whether it's because I've grown old, or I've gone mad, or because I've become a different man, think what you like. I just don't know. But this new man inside me for a few days won't let me go away. Please, don't ask me to go either. I now understand nothing is calling me to Istanbul. Everything is alien to me there as it is everywhere else. I want you to know that I have no one but you. And I miss you every minute, every second that goes by. But my pride will never let me tell you this. I know very well how to terrible or impossible it would be to part from you. Just as I know that you do not love me anymore. I know we can't go back to the old days. And there is no need to. Take me with you like a servant, like a slave. And let us continue our life even if we do it your way. Forgive me.