Quotes from Orhan Pamuk

Masumiyet Müzesi, Ä°stanbul'da öpüÅŸecek bir yer bulamayan â??klara sonsuza kadar aç?k kalacakt?r.

There were some thoughts—such as a memory of running under the pouring rain, and how it felt—that I couldn't even begin to put into words…Yet their image was clear in my mind.

The gulf between the private and public views of our countrymen is evidence of the power of the state. —Celâl Salik, Milliyet

in fact what makes the city a city is that it lets you hide the strangeness in your mind inside its teeming multitudes

Köpekler bizden olmayan? sezer, anlar. Onlarda bu haslet Allah vergisidir. Bu yüzden Avrupal?lar? taklit etmek isteyenler köpeklerden korkar. Osmanl?'n?n belkemiÄŸi Yeniçerileri katlederek Bat?l?lar'a bizi ezdiren II. Mahmut Ä°stanbul'un köpeklerini de katletmiÅŸ, öldüremediklerini Hay?rs?zada'ya sürgün etmiÅŸti.

el asesinato es algo que, con todos sus detalles y ritos, se aprende de otros, se aprende de las leyendas, de los cuentos, de las memorias, de los periódicos, en suma, de la literatura.

Çünkü bir baÅŸkas?n?n belleÄŸini a??r a??r edinmekten baÅŸka neydi ki okumak?

If they spoke, it was in whispers

But in my rebellious way I think that people have to be able to start over, just as I believed that a little girl has to be able to stay an innocent child her whole life long if she wants to

But after my death let it be known that in my old age, at the very end of my life, there was still plenty that made me smile.

I've never left Istanbul, never left the houses, streets, and neighborhoods of my childhood.

When there is not a breath of wind, the waters sometimes shudder as if from inside and take on the finish of washed silk.

Drve?e ne zna da je drve?e.

Za nas je otkucaj sata, baš kao žuvor šadrvana u dvorištu džamije, odjek zakora?enja u ono što je u nama, a ne zvuk percepcije onoga što je oko nas.

Him…. If we love someone very much, we know that even if we give him the most valuable thing we have, we know not to expect harm from him. This is what a sacrifice is.

because people only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing.

Tidak cukup hanya menjadi pihak yang tertindas, kau juga harus menjadi pihak yang benar, karena sebagian besar orang yang tertindas dapat dipandang salah dari nyaris semua sudut pandang.

El significado de los colores es que están ante nosotros y podemos verlos - le contestó el otro -. No se puede explicar el rojo a quien no lo ha visto.

Bueno, nos hemos bajado del caballo y nos montamos en el burro. ¡Que sea para bien!

As Ka would later write, it may have been now, as they were holding each other and weeping, that Ipek discovered something for the first time: To live in indecision, to waver between defeat and a new life, offered as much pleasure as pain.

termitas, gusanos y mil y un bichos carcomerán nuestros libros hasta destruirlos.

Una carta no dice lo que quiere decir sólo con lo que está escrito. Las cartas, como los libros, se leen también oliéndolas, tocándolas, manoseándolas.

Ä°nsan ÅŸehirde kalabal?k içinde yaln?z olabilirdi ve ÅŸehri ÅŸehir yapan ÅŸey de zaten kalabal?k içinde insan?n kafas?ndaki tuhafl??? saklayabilme imkan?yd?.

I told him just so he wouldn't be fooled by the bright lights of Istanbul into thinking that life was somehow easy.