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d4c5be1 I read a book one day and my whole life was changed. reading the-new-life orhan-pamuk Orhan Pamuk
2227e83 Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world. love Orhan Pamuk
4e9540d I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning. Orhan Pamuk
1e804e9 How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known? understanding experience Orhan Pamuk
5225465 Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen. dogs pets Orhan Pamuk
fe66f62 Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? Orhan Pamuk
3037190 The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse. Orhan Pamuk
77d6fc0 Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight. Orhan Pamuk
8a99277 Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. sorrow insight Orhan Pamuk
31ccbc6 Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space. time love museum space nostalgia Orhan Pamuk
779566b In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now," even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the.. joy optimism happiness hope life Orhan Pamuk
bab2ff3 After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy. men women love Orhan Pamuk
ea841d8 There are two kind of men,' said Ka, in a didatic voice. 'The first kind does not fall in love until he's seen how the girls eats a sandwich, how she combs her hair, what sort of nonsense she cares about, why she's angry at her father, and what sort of stories people tell about her. The second type of man -- and I am in this category -- can fall in love with a woman only if he knows next to nothing about her. Orhan Pamuk
6ad0291 Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy," said my father as he watched the three beauties. "But it seems only idiots are ever happy. How can we explain this?" happiness intelligence life idiots Orhan Pamuk
9df6fcb People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing. Orhan Pamuk
19084d6 When you love a city and have explored it frequently on foot, your body, not to mention your soul, gets to know the streets so well after a number of years that in a fit of melancholy, perhaps stirred by a light snow falling ever so sorrowfully, you'll discover your legs carrying you of their own accord toward one of your favourite promontories Orhan Pamuk
910c199 The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony. irony color compassion beauty detail attention interest mystery Orhan Pamuk
f4a09ed As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them individuality imitation difference Orhan Pamuk
1f52e9a When we lose people we love, we should never disturb their souls, whether living or dead. Instead, we should find consolation in an object that reminds you of them, something...I don't know...even an earring Orhan Pamuk
ddd23d6 In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries. sacrifice Orhan Pamuk
943af36 What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek. Orhan Pamuk
93f66e9 I hear the question upon your lips: What is it to be a colour? Colour is the touch of the eye, music to the deaf, a word out of the darkness. Because I've listened to souls whispering - like the susurrus of the wind - from book to book and object to object for tens or thousands of years, allow me to say that my touch resembles the touch of angels. Part of me, the serious half, calls out to your vision while the mirthful half sours through t.. color colour red painting Orhan Pamuk
28ffa00 For if a lover's face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home. Orhan Pamuk
a7b0fc2 Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living luminously between two eternities of darkness. Orhan Pamuk
b3666a9 Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy. life Orhan Pamuk
4ebf0d6 Try to discover who I am from my choice of words and colors, as attentive people like yourselves might examine footprints to catch a thief. Orhan Pamuk
a2fdb6a A letter doesn't communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling it, touching it and fondling it. Thereby, intelligent folk will say, 'Go on then, read what the letter tells you!' whereas the dull-witted will say, 'Go on then, read what he's written! Orhan Pamuk
b8d71b6 There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god. god belief pride Orhan Pamuk
b4f3d29 N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation. Orhan Pamuk
d6d52fc Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along the Bosphorus. Orhan Pamuk
69ccc45 She looked out the window; in her eyes was the light that you see only in children arriving at a new place, or in young people still open to new influences, still curious about the world because they have not yet been scarred by life. influence world youth life Orhan Pamuk
08b9e25 We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction poverty stupidity Orhan Pamuk
03f7c77 As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body. Orhan Pamuk
06c6381 When two people love each other as we do, no one can come between them, no one," I said, amazed at the words I was uttering without preparation. "Lovers like us, because they know that nothing can destroy their love, even on the worst days, even when they are heedlessly hurting each other in the cruelest , most deceitful ways, still carry in their hearts a consolation that never abandons them." (p.191)" obsession Orhan Pamuk
a97873b Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere Orhan Pamuk
e1fb90c The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life relationships Orhan Pamuk
4f0ae3c The gap between compassion and surrender is love's darkest, deepest region. surrender Orhan Pamuk
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b6d90da What is love?" "I don't know." "Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Fusun whenever they travel along highways or sidewalks; visit houses, gardens, or rooms; or whenever he watches her sitting in tea gardens and restaurants, and at dinner tables." "Hmmm ... that's a lovely answer,~ But isn't love what you feel when you can't see me?" "Under those circumstances, it becomes a terrible obsession, an illness." Orhan Pamuk
3966426 It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people. superiority patriotism Orhan Pamuk
97a754d If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without expecting anything in return, then the world becomes a beautiful place. Orhan Pamuk
6b0ea65 Happiness means being close to the one you love, that's all. (Taking immediate possession is not necessary.) love Orhan Pamuk
99fd9d7 The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game. politics secularism Orhan Pamuk
6c38412 I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well. Orhan Pamuk
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