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“In the little garden outside, there was sweet basil growing in pots. He picked a few leaves and rubbed them in his palms, breathing in their fragrance as he stepped out into the street.“

Sait Faik Abasıyanık, from “The Samovar,” A Useless Man: Selected Stories (Archipelago Books, 2014)

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