Orhan Pamuk: Cytaty po angielsku

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

“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?”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.”

“My unhappiness protects me from life.”

“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?”

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

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

“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.”

“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”