Ka thought it strangely depressing that the suicide girls had had to struggle to find a private moment to kill themselves. Even… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“In twenty years’ time—in other words, when you’re thirty-seven years old—you will have understood at last that all the evil in the… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Ka thought it strangely depressing that the suicide girls had had to struggle to find a private moment to kill themselves. Even… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Women kill themselves because they hope to gain something," said Kadife. "Men kill themselves because they've lost hope of gaining anything.” — 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
