Orhan Pamuk: Trending quotes (page 2)

“The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life”

“Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.”

“We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction”

“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.”

“As always after drinking too much, I felt like my own ghost trying to take it's first solo walk outside the body.”

“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.”

“[N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation.”

“There's a lot of pride involved in my refusal to believe in god.”

“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.”

“Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.”

“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.”

“For if a lover's face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home.”

“What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?'

Be yourself,' said Ipek.”

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them”

“People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing.”

“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?”