The Power of Songs

"It begins, as most things begin, with a song.
In the beginning, after all, were the words, and they came with a tune. That was how the world was made, how the void was divided, how the lands and the stars and the dreams and the little gods and the animals, how all of them came into the world.
They were sung.
The great beasts were sung into existence, after the Singer had done with the planets and the hills and the trees and the oceans and the lesser beasts. The cliffs that bound existence were sung, and the hunting grounds, and the dark.
Songs remain. They last. The right song can turn an emperor into a laughingstock, can bring down dynasties. A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone. That's the power of songs."
(Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman)

"I bet de Carabas knows."

"The Marquis de Carabas raised an eyebrow. 'Well?" he said, irritably 'Are you coming?'
Richard stared at him for a heartbeat.
Then Richard nodded, without trusting himself to speak, and stood up. And they walked away together through the hole in the wall, back into the darkness, leaving nothing behind them; not even the doorway."
(Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman)



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Ben de İstanbul'un altında başka bir İstanbul -daha önce hiç hayal bile edemediğim bir şekilde büyülü bir İstanbul- olduğunu bilseydim, acaba o kapıdan içeri girer miydim?