The silence of snow, thought the man sitting just behind the bus driver. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Snow reminds Ka of God! But I’m not sure it would be accurate. What brings me close to God is the silence… — 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
“But no one believes in that way what he reads in a novel...Oh yes they do. If only to see themselves as… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When you love a city and have explored it frequently on foot, your body, not to mention your soul, gets to know… — 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
“There are two kinds of Communists: the arrogant ones, who enter the fray hoping to make men out of the people and… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
'Snow' is my most popular book in the United States. But in Turkey, it was not as popular as 'My Name is… — 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
