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Could anyone translate this Grange qoute, please?
"Mutlu olmayı yarına bırakmak, nehrin karşısına geçmek için o nehrin durmasını beklemeye benzer ve bilirsin o nehir asla durmaz."
I guess you know Jean Christophe Grange is a French writer, so the translation to Turkish may have altered the original French words.
Until a native speaker attempts the translation, here is my attempt - starting with a breakdown of the sentence elements
mutlu olmak - to be happy (being happy)
yarına bırakmak - to leave till tomorrow
nehir - river
karşı = opposite
nehrin karşısı = the opposite (other) side of the river
nehrin karşısına geçmek için = for to pass to the other side of the river
o = he/she/it/that
nehrin durmasını beklemeye benzer - like waiting for the river to stop (flowing)
ve bilirsin o nehir asla durmaz - and you know that river never stops (flowing)
So roughly
To leave being happy till tomorrow is like waiting until a river stops flowing to cross to the other side, and knowing that this won´t ever happen.
or more simply
Don´t wait till tomorrow to be happy!
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