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
Nothing changed in my life since I work all the time," Pamuk said then. "I've spent 30 years writing fiction. For the… — 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
“...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
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
“...man's sentimental attachment to objects is one of life's greatest consolations.” — 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
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
“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
Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living… — 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
“...at the end of the day there was nothing to be gained by reminding people that everything that had ever been written,… — 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
“Even if you’re not happy”—here, she indicated my brother with her eyes—“even when you’re having your worst day you live your life… — 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 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
Ka knew very well that life was a meaningless string of random incidents — 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
“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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me.” — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
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 Image
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