Nazim Hikmet. Life is beautiful, my brother (№ 459751)

Kerim asks: “Are you afraid that she will run away?” - “I don’t know, for some reason I’m always scared that I’ll suddenly lose her, that she’ll turn into smoke, become a bird and fly away.” - “Are you seriously saying this? Or are you pretending? - “Seriously.” - “I thought such thoughts only come into people’s heads in novels.”