Orhan Pamuk: Trending quotes (page 3)

“My unhappiness protects me from life.”

“Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.”

“Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.”

“Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.”

“The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.”

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”

“Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.”

“Let everyone know, I lived a very happy life.”

“Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories.”

“Happiness means being close to the one you love, that's all. (Taking immediate possession is not necessary.)”

“Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?”

“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?”

“I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.”

“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”