Love Quotes by Orhan Pamuk

“Love is good for the skin.”

— Orhan Pamuk

Love is a sacred silence.

— Orhan Pamuk

We fall in love more deeply when were unhappy.

— Orhan Pamuk

We fall in love more deeply when we're unhappy.

— Orhan Pamuk

“...love is deep attention, deep compassion...”

— Orhan Pamuk

“…despair is what keeps love alive.”

— Orhan Pamuk

After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.

— Orhan Pamuk

Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.

— Orhan Pamuk

The gap between compassion and surrender is love’s darkest, deepest region.

— Orhan Pamuk

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.

— Orhan Pamuk

“The truth is contentment. Love and marriage are but a means to obtaining it”

— Orhan Pamuk

Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?

— Orhan Pamuk

“Love points the way, empties you of the stuff of life, carries you at last to the mystery of creation.”

— Orhan Pamuk

“Love is the ability to make the invisible visible and the desire always to feel the invisible in one’s midst.”

— Orhan Pamuk

“Happiness means being close to the one you love, that's all. (Taking immediate possession is not necessary.)”

— Orhan Pamuk

'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

What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?' Be yourself,' said Ipek.

— Orhan Pamuk

I realized that the longing for art, like the longing for love, is a malady that blinds us, and makes us forget…

— Orhan Pamuk

If we give what we treasure most to a Being we love with all our hearts, if we can do that without…

— Orhan Pamuk

Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he…

— Orhan Pamuk

“When I was far from Füsun, the world troubled me; it was a puzzle whose pieces were all out of place. The…

— Orhan Pamuk

The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Love is the urgency to hold fast to another and to be together in the same place. It's the desire to keep…

— Orhan Pamuk

“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

How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those…

— Orhan Pamuk

The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide…

— Orhan Pamuk

I wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation…

— Orhan Pamuk

“It's important, no doubt, to understand the person we love. If we cannot manage this, it's necessary, at least, to believe we…

— Orhan Pamuk

There are two kind of men,' said Ka, in a didatic voice. 'The first kind does not fall in love until he's…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

“Marriage douses love’s flame, leaving nothing but a barren and melancholy blackness. Of course, after marriage, love itself will vanish anyway; but…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

When two people love each other as we do, no one can come between them, no one," I said, amazed at the…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Him…. If we love someone very much, we know that even if we give him the most valuable thing we have, we…

— Orhan Pamuk

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

It may not happen in the first instant, but within ten minutes of meeting a man, a woman has a clear idea…

— Orhan Pamuk

“...The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion; if you want to live in the…

— Orhan Pamuk

I consider myself Istanbul's storyteller. My subject matter is my town. I consider it my job to explore the hidden patterns of…

— Orhan Pamuk

“What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles somewhere…

— Orhan Pamuk

I came across humanity in Istanbul, and all I know about life comes from Istanbul, and definitely, I am writing about Istanbul.…

— Orhan Pamuk