Bosphorus Quotes

• Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along the Bosphorus.

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  Orhan Pamuk

  Thinking   Long Walks   Istanbul  

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• The spring is here, young and beautiful as ever, and absolutely shocking in its display of reckless maternity; but the Judas treewill bloom for you on the Bosphorus if you get there in time. No one ever loved the dog-wood and Judas tree as I have done, and it is my one crown of life to be sure that I am going to take them with me to heaven to enjoy real happiness with the Virgin and them.

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  Henry Adams

  Beautiful   Dog   Spring  

  Henry Adams, Worthington Chauncey Ford (1969). “1892-1918”

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• Yeah, we should all line up along the Bosphorus Bridge and puff as hard as we can to shove this city in the direction of the West. If that doesn't work, we'll try the other way, see if we can veer to the East. It's no good to be in between. International politics does not appreciate ambiguity.

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  Elif Safak

  Bridges   Cities   Appreciate  

  4079

• And it would be a bit out of character. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan may have started out as a reformer, but he really enjoys being seen as a larger-than-life tough-guy figure. He doesn't go on photographed hunting expeditions, for instance. But he does have hero moments, such as when his convoy stopped in the middle of the Bosphorus Bridge and he allegedly talked down a jumper, prevented him from committing suicide.

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  Peter Kenyon

  Suicide   Hero   Character  

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Istanbul owes its extraordinary situation to Golden Horn, Marmara Sea and The Bosphorus.

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  Edmondo De Amicis

  Istanbul   Sea   Golden  

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