--- title: "1 Know River Quotes By Nazım Hikmet" description: "1 Know River quotes by Nazım Hikmet. Plus more from Nazım Hikmet and more Know River sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/naz-m-hikmet-7988_love_i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river_3118783.jpg" --- > [“I know you can't wash in the same river even once I know the river will bring new lights that you will not see I know we live slightly longer than a horse and not nearly as long as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river-even-once-i-know-the-river/) [Nazım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/naz-m-hikmet-7988_love_i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river_3118783.jpg) ## More by Nazım Hikmet > [“Separation isn’t time or distance it’s the bridge between us finer than silk thread sharper than swords”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/separation-isn-t-time-or-distance-it-s-the-bridge-between-us-finer/) [Nazım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“You Are My Drunkenness You are my drunkenness... I did not sober up, as if I can do that; I don't want to anyway.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/you-are-my-drunkenness-you-are-my-drunkenness-i-did-not-sober-up-as/) [Nazim Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“I come and stand at every door But none can hear my silent tread I knock and yet remain unseen For I am dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/i-come-and-stand-at-every-door-but-none-can-hear-my-silent-tread-i/) [Nazim Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“The life-loving, smart, good-hearted dead don't want forty days of mourning or say, "After me the deluge!" Leaving behind some helpful things - a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/the-life-loving-smart-good-hearted-dead-don-t-want-forty-days-of/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“moonlight the falsest the most languid the most petit-bourgeois strikes me I like it”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/moonlight-the-falsest-the-most-languid-the-most-petit-bourgeois/) [Nazim Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“I like the sound of rain more than my voice. - Windows ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/i-like-the-sound-of-rain-more-than-my-voice-windows/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“The strangest of our powers Is the courage to live Knowing that we will die, Knowing nothing more true. - In the Snowy Night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/the-strangest-of-our-powers-is-the-courage-to-live-knowing-that-we/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“MY WOMAN My woman came with me as far as Brest, she got off the train and stayed on the platform, she grew smaller…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/my-woman-my-woman-came-with-me-as-far-as-brest-she-got-off-the-train/) [Nazim Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“Haven't you ever thought of living unconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth, close to pears and the mossy dark, far from human voices and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/haven-t-you-ever-thought-of-living-unconsciously-like-bears-sniffing/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“Hayatı ıskalama lüksün yok senin!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/hayat-skalama-l-ks-n-yok-senin/) [Nazım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“The worst is when people - knowingly or not - carry prison inside themselves. - 9-10 P.M. Poems ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/the-worst-is-when-people-knowingly-or-not-carry-prison-inside/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“Believe in seeds, earth, and the sea, but in people above all. Love clouds, machines, and books, but people above all. Grieve for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/believe-in-seeds-earth-and-the-sea-but-in-people-above-all-love/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“and the world is so huge so lovely its shores are so endless to live as one divines a masterpiece as one hears a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/and-the-world-is-so-huge-so-lovely-its-shores-are-so-endless-to-live/) [Nazim Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“I want the right of life, of the leopard at the spring, of the seed splitting open- I want the right of the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/i-want-the-right-of-life-of-the-leopard-at-the-spring-of-the-seed/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) > [“Dil durmadan doğuran bir anadır..." (s.57)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/dil-durmadan-do-uran-bir-anad-r-s-57/) [Nâzım Hikmet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naz-m-hikmet/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-river/naz-m-hikmet/#itemlist", "name": "1 Know River Quotes By Nazım Hikmet", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I know you can't wash in the same river even once I know the river will bring new lights that you will not see I know we live slightly longer than a horse and not nearly as long as a crow I know this has troubled people before and will trouble those after me I know all this has been said a thousand times before and will be said after me I didn't know I like the sky cloudy or clear the blue vault that Andrei watched on his back on the battlefield at Borodino ...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nazım Hikmet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naz-m-hikmet/i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river-even-once-i-know-the-river/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/naz-m-hikmet-7988_love_i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river_3118783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/naz-m-hikmet-7988_love_i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river_3118783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/naz-m-hikmet-7988_love_i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river_3118783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know you can't wash in the same river even once I know the river will bring new lights that you will not…” — Nazım Hikmet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-river/naz-m-hikmet/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-river/naz-m-hikmet/", "name": "Know River Quotes by Nazım Hikmet", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know-river/naz-m-hikmet/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc6/naz-m-hikmet-7988_love_i-know-you-can-t-wash-in-the-same-river_3118783.jpg" }, "description": "1 Know River quotes by Nazım Hikmet. 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