Quotes from book

Snow

“… the endless repetition of an ordinary miracle.”

“Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents”

“… every person has a star, every star has a friend, and for every person carrying a star there is someone else who reflects it, and everyone carries this reflection like a secret confidante in the heart.”

“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.”

“It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people.”

“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”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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?”