The gap between compassion and surrender is love’s darkest, deepest region. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When two people love each other as we do, no one can come between them, no one," I said, amazed at the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“...The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion; if you want to live in the… — 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
What is love?” “I don’t know.” “Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Füsun whenever they travel along… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another's heart? How much can we hope to understand those… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“The “sage of love” within me (acquired from who knew what egregious experience) was crowing about Füsun’s misstep: By speaking too sincerely,… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
'The Museum of Innocence' is not about politics; it's a love story, but I think it's political in the sense that it… — 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
