“Tužna projekcija života za pjesnika je primamljivija od samog života.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“...no one recognises the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“...man's sentimental attachment to objects is one of life's greatest consolations.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Love points the way, empties you of the stuff of life, carries you at last to the mystery of creation.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“After all, nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“ALIF: Painting brings to life what the mind sees, as a feast for the eyes. LAM: What the eye sees in the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“We don't need more museums that try to construct the historical narratives of a society, community, team, nation, state, tribe, company, or… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“According to my father, the greatest happiness in life was to marry the girl you'd spent your youth reading books with in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“My death conceals an appalling conspiracy against our religion, our traditions and the way we see the world. Open your eyes, discover… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“In those moments, he would realize that this city where he’d spent forty years of his life, where he’d passed through thousands… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Because, as I would always tell myself so many years later, lying here in my bed: You can't start out again in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“You cannot embark on life, that one-off coach ride, once again when it is over, but if you have a book in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Listen to me: Life is not about principles; it's about happiness.' 'But if you don't have any principles, and if you don't… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“...in a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“The sight of snow made her think how beautiful and short life is and how, in spite of all their enmities, people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“In fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
[N]othing is as surprising as life. Except for writing. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the only consolation. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy," said my… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I am proud to be a Turk, and to write in Turkish about Turkey - and to have been translated into about 40 languages.… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“- Za nas je otkucaj sata, baš kao žuvor šadrvana u dvorištu džamije, odjek zakoračenja u ono što je u nama, a ne zvuk… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
“Near Taksim he suddenly found himself inside a crowd of people leaving a movie theater. They were staring straight ahead, as if in a… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share
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