H sounds like they carry a strong integrity. I could maybe benefit from more discipline but i can't imagine that level of strictness. I'm really sorry about his father and his childhood. I hope he and his mother can allow themselves to be happy.
I can't imagine H not smiling when comparing the children to stones, with preference for the stones. I hope H gets to laugh often.
The strictness and discipline come from my family and society; they are not what I would choose. I tried to be better than that in college, but I ended up feeling like a wolf of the steppes, trapped in city life: I was too honest, a feral man. Still, I was changed by going away, and it's hard for me to fit in here now.
It seems we become the very people we fight against. In the end, I've become my father’s house plan: I belong neither to the West, nor to my Eastern hometown. I am like the Westerners [of my country] and like the villagers in my hometown, and at the same time I am not enough like either.
Yes, I think stones are a better choice than children. They are very useful and they don't need to be looked after. I'm laughing even now as I compare the two, but this is my genuine opinion. You should see the stones I collected from the land: some of them are heavy, some not as much, but none of them are a heavier burden than a child.
H sounds like they carry a strong integrity. I could maybe benefit from more discipline but i can't imagine that level of strictness. I'm really sorry about his father and his childhood. I hope he and his mother can allow themselves to be happy.
I can't imagine H not smiling when comparing the children to stones, with preference for the stones. I hope H gets to laugh often.
Thank you for this Lara
A response from Hürriyet:
For Jose
The strictness and discipline come from my family and society; they are not what I would choose. I tried to be better than that in college, but I ended up feeling like a wolf of the steppes, trapped in city life: I was too honest, a feral man. Still, I was changed by going away, and it's hard for me to fit in here now.
It seems we become the very people we fight against. In the end, I've become my father’s house plan: I belong neither to the West, nor to my Eastern hometown. I am like the Westerners [of my country] and like the villagers in my hometown, and at the same time I am not enough like either.
Yes, I think stones are a better choice than children. They are very useful and they don't need to be looked after. I'm laughing even now as I compare the two, but this is my genuine opinion. You should see the stones I collected from the land: some of them are heavy, some not as much, but none of them are a heavier burden than a child.