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“I realized that the longing for art, like the longing for love, is a malady that blinds us, and makes us forget the things we already know, obscuring reality.” quote by Orhan Pamuk — Download Open image

“I realized that the longing for art, like the longing for love, is a malady that blinds us, and makes us forget the things we already know, obscuring reality.”

Orhan Pamuk

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I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.

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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.

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I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.

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

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Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.

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“If you think you are better than Stork, then by all means, get hold of me.”

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I need a moment of time for myself every day, like a child playing with his things. When I travel, I routinely find a…

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Love is a sacred silence.

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“Creíamos saber mucho, pero no sabíamos nada. ”

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