“Principal Fazil was chiefly concerned with maintaining discipline, which required a proper harmony and order between, on the one hand, ther children… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Great changes in the direction of peace have often come from people who were no great advocates of peace to begin with. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
The bloody years of war and all the atrocities in European history have taught the Europeans that secular politics free of religious… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy - they are coming together. There needn't be a clash between… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“She felt herself age suddenly, but also knew what she now desired: to reconcile and grow old in peace, and have 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 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
