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Orhan Pamuk quotes: My fear, which I shared with everyone in the Turkish secular bourgeoisie, was not of God but of the fury of those who believed in Her too much. My fear, which I shared with everyone in the Turkish secular bourgeoisie, was not of God but of the fury of those who believed in Her too much.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Are you an angel that approaching you should be so terrifying? Are you an angel that approaching you should be so terrifying?
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Love is a sacred silence. Love is a sacred silence.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?'Be yourself,' said Ipek. What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?'
Be yourself,' said Ipek.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: What we essentially want is to draw something unknown to us in all its shadowiness, not something we know in all its illumination. What we essentially want is to draw something unknown to us in all its shadowiness, not something we know in all its illumination.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture. Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: What makes the marvellous is its peculiar way of being ordinary; what makes the ordinary is its peculiar way of being marvellous. What makes the marvellous is its peculiar way of being ordinary; what makes the ordinary is its peculiar way of being marvellous.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Man's sentimental attachment to objects is one of life's greatest consolations. Man's sentimental attachment to objects is one of life's greatest consolations.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: My dark beloved, my troubled hero, were you unable to sleep for thinking of me the whole night? Is that why the blush has left your face? My dark beloved, my troubled hero, were you unable to sleep for thinking of me the whole night? Is that why the blush has left your face?
Orhan Pamuk quotes: If they spoke, it was in whispers If they spoke, it was in whispers
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like an impulse. Writing my own diary is the best form of remembrance, but only for my own use. I need these notes; it's like an impulse.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west. My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Love is the ability to make the invisible visible and the desire always to feel the invisible in one's midst. Love is the ability to make the invisible visible and the desire always to feel the invisible in one's midst.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The only antidote to the loneliness of the streets was the streets themselves. The only antidote to the loneliness of the streets was the streets themselves.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Where there is a true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity. Where there is a true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: He could sense the darkness inside him looking for an excuse to manifest itself. He could sense the darkness inside him looking for an excuse to manifest itself.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience. The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I don't judge my characters. I don't judge my characters.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Am sometimes hard-pressed to explain why I've stayed, not only in the same place but in the same building. Am sometimes hard-pressed to explain why I've stayed, not only in the same place but in the same building.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?" It's a great relief for me that no one will ask me anymore: "Orhan, when will you get the Nobel Prize?"
Orhan Pamuk quotes: In a city where men are killing each other like animals just to make it a happier place, who has the right to stop me from killing myself? In a city where men are killing each other like animals just to make it a happier place, who has the right to stop me from killing myself?
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The waiting was torture, the worst Ka had ever known. It was this pain, this deadly wait, he now remembered, that had made him afraid to fall in love. The waiting was torture, the worst Ka had ever known. It was this pain, this deadly wait, he now remembered, that had made him afraid to fall in love.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: ...love is deep attention, deep compassion... ...love is deep attention, deep compassion...
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Now everyone is prouder and poorer Now everyone is prouder and poorer
Orhan Pamuk quotes: We read novels because we want to see the world through other experiences, other beings, other eyes, other cultures. We read novels because we want to see the world through other experiences, other beings, other eyes, other cultures.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Happiness means being close to the one you love, that's all. (Taking immediate possession is not necessary.) Happiness means being close to the one you love, that's all. (Taking immediate possession is not necessary.)
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I certainly see myself more as a craftsman than as an artist. I certainly see myself more as a craftsman than as an artist.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight. Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family. My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing. I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Only vulgar people boast about how happy they are Only vulgar people boast about how happy they are
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love? Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?
Orhan Pamuk quotes: As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body. 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 quotes: There was something pretentious about politics when it was taken to extremes. There was something pretentious about politics when it was taken to extremes.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I do know this much though: If a man resorts to wiles, guile and petty deceptions, it means he's nowhere near being in love. I do know this much though: If a man resorts to wiles, guile and petty deceptions, it means he's nowhere near being in love.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Dogs do speak, but only to those who listen Dogs do speak, but only to those who listen
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Turks have a dismissive phrase: he works like a clerk. I have turned this insult around: I am proud to say that I work like a clerk. Turks have a dismissive phrase: he works like a clerk. I have turned this insult around: I am proud to say that I work like a clerk.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The true collector's only home is his own museum. The true collector's only home is his own museum.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: To avoid disappointment in art, one mustn't treat it as a career. To avoid disappointment in art, one mustn't treat it as a career.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: What is it to be a color? Color is the touch of the eye, music to the deaf, a word out of the darkness. What is it to be a color? Color is the touch of the eye, music to the deaf, a word out of the darkness.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Don't worry - love that blooms this fast is just as fast to wither Don't worry - love that blooms this fast is just as fast to wither
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy. Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Expressing one's reality in words, as truthful as they might be, goads one to insincerity. Expressing one's reality in words, as truthful as they might be, goads one to insincerity.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing. People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: For a novel need not be full of sorrow just because its heroes are suffering. For a novel need not be full of sorrow just because its heroes are suffering.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Colour is the touch of the eye,Music to the deaf,A word out of darkness. Colour is the touch of the eye,
Music to the deaf,
A word out of darkness.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: When there is not a breath of wind, the waters sometimes shudder as if from inside and take on the finish of washed silk. When there is not a breath of wind, the waters sometimes shudder as if from inside and take on the finish of washed silk.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I asked him about his enemies. He began to count them. The list went on and on ... - Conversations with Yahya Kemal I asked him about his enemies. He began to count them. The list went on and on ... - Conversations with Yahya Kemal
Orhan Pamuk quotes: A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is. A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: If I see my city as beautiful and bewitching, then my life must be so too. If I see my city as beautiful and bewitching, then my life must be so too.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars. Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: We fall in love more deeply when we're unhappy. We fall in love more deeply when we're unhappy.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Down your order. Down your order.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I've never left Istanbul, never left the houses, streets, and neighborhoods of my childhood. I've never left Istanbul, never left the houses, streets, and neighborhoods of my childhood.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free. When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: It's not the content, but the form of thought that counts. It's not the content, but the form of thought that counts.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: It was as if he were in a place that the whole world had forgotten; as if it were snowing at the end of the world. It was as if he were in a place that the whole world had forgotten; as if it were snowing at the end of the world.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I read somewhere that luck is not blind, just illiterate. Luck, I mused, is a palliative for those who don't know probability and statistics. I read somewhere that luck is not blind, just illiterate. Luck, I mused, is a palliative for those who don't know probability and statistics.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I like all the disgusting things that are fine just being themselves. What's wrong with a little honest vulgarity? I like all the disgusting things that are fine just being themselves. What's wrong with a little honest vulgarity?
Orhan Pamuk quotes: A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects. A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: A person could wish for one thing and speak of another, and their fate, their kismet, was the thing that could bring the two together. Even A person could wish for one thing and speak of another, and their fate, their kismet, was the thing that could bring the two together. Even
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west. I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Those who can truly see, know. Those who can truly see, know.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Love is good for the skin. Love is good for the skin.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: 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. 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.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: But I think it must be easier for a girl to marry someone she doesn't know, because the more you get to know men, the harder it is to love But I think it must be easier for a girl to marry someone she doesn't know, because the more you get to know men, the harder it is to love them.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space. Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: When something explosive is kept hidden away, a tension builds within that must ultimately be released. When something explosive is kept hidden away, a tension builds within that must ultimately be released.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western. The hero of the book does long to experience God. But his conception of God is very western.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning. I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life. The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love. Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well. There's been quite a clear upswing in nationalist sentiments. Everyone is talking about it, in Turkey as well.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Where there's a lot of money to be made, there's also a lot of blood to be spilled. Where there's a lot of money to be made, there's also a lot of blood to be spilled.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The gap between compassion and surrender is love's darkest, deepest region. The gap between compassion and surrender is love's darkest, deepest region.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Contrary to what is commonly believed, all murderers are men of extreme faith rather than unbelievers. Contrary to what is commonly believed, all murderers are men of extreme faith rather than unbelievers.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them
Orhan Pamuk quotes: When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author. When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: If you wanted to buy anything from Ligor, you'd lower a basket from your floor and then shout If you wanted to buy anything from Ligor, you'd lower a basket from your floor and then shout
Orhan Pamuk quotes: What is the meaning of it all, of this ... of this world?'Mystery', I heard in my thoughts, or perhaps, 'mercy', but I wasn't certain of either. What is the meaning of it all, of this ... of this world?
'Mystery', I heard in my thoughts, or perhaps, 'mercy', but I wasn't certain of either.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I don't like to make strong statements. I want to write strong novels ... I keep my deep, radical things for my novels. I don't like to make strong statements. I want to write strong novels ... I keep my deep, radical things for my novels.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The city's more beautiful at night, you know: the people of the night always tell the truth. The city's more beautiful at night, you know: the people of the night always tell the truth.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: To know is to remember that you've seen.To see is to know without remembering. Thus painting is remembering the blackness. To know is to remember that you've seen.To see is to know without remembering. Thus painting is remembering the blackness.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation. The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I read a book one day and my whole life was changed. I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The fueling of anti-Turkish sentiment in Europe is resulting in an anti-European, indiscriminate nationalism in Turkey. The fueling of anti-Turkish sentiment in Europe is resulting in an anti-European, indiscriminate nationalism in Turkey.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Despite the loss they were suffering, they'd both relaxed - as people do when they realize they've run out of chances for happiness Despite the loss they were suffering, they'd both relaxed - as people do when they realize they've run out of chances for happiness
Orhan Pamuk quotes: The greatest happiness is when the eye discovers beauty where neither then mind conceived of nor the hand intended any. The greatest happiness is when the eye discovers beauty where neither then mind conceived of nor the hand intended any.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories. Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Morality is probably the last thing one can learn from football. Morality is probably the last thing one can learn from football.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular. I always enjoy impersonating my characters in the first-person singular.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it. Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Sometimes I wonder what my interior actually is. A heart that goes pitter-patter and thoughts that glide by like little paper boats on flowing water, Sometimes I wonder what my interior actually is. A heart that goes pitter-patter and thoughts that glide by like little paper boats on flowing water,
Orhan Pamuk quotes: If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me. If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I told him just so he wouldn't be fooled by the bright lights of Istanbul into thinking that life was somehow easy. I told him just so he wouldn't be fooled by the bright lights of Istanbul into thinking that life was somehow easy.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this. I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: In the beginning the point was not to have a point, to escape the world in which everyone had to have a job, a desk, an office. In the beginning the point was not to have a point, to escape the world in which everyone had to have a job, a desk, an office.
Orhan Pamuk quotes: Only imbeciles are innocent. Only imbeciles are innocent.

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