“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.”

“He wondered if he might be in love, but realized it was far more likely he was dying.”

“Would he have said he loved me? I would ask myself that for the rest of my life.”

“I think it's possible to realize you love someone as deeply as you know how to love and not end up spending the rest of your life with him.”

“Then she smiled, and in that instant, if such a thing were possible, Pasquale fell in love, and he would remain in love for the rest of his life--not so much with the woman, whom he didn't even know, but with the moment.”

“She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.”

“And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again…”

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.”

“Looking out over the courtyard at the dirty walls, he realized he had no idea whether it was hysteria or love.”

“He smiles at me, and I am suddenly seventeen again - the year I realize that love doesn't follow the rules, the year I understood that nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable”