“Distant lands should draw you, people you don't know”

— Ataol Behramoğlu

I've Learned Some Things (2008)
Context: Distant lands should draw you, people you don't know
To read every book, know other's lives, you should be burning
You shouldn't exchange for anything the pleasure of a glass of water
No matter how much the joy, your life should be filled with yearning

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Turkish writer 1942

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