Quotes from Orhan Pamuk

Aptall?k kötülüÄŸün özrü olamaz.

En mi opinión, un marido inteligente debe olvidar a todos los hombres que le dan recuerdos para su mujer.

And it enjoyed one other distinction: The Hilton had been, since the day it opened, one of the few civilized establishments in Turkey where a well-heeled gentleman and a courageous lady could obtain a room without being asked for a marriage certificate.

Okul denen yerin asl?nda temel sorular? cevaplamad???n?, yaln?zca onlar? hayat?n gereÄŸi olarak benimsememize yard?m ettiÄŸini ç?karm??t?m.

Virgüllerle koÅŸard?m, noktalarla duraklar, ünlemlerde ÅŸaÅŸard?m! Ne kadar ÅŸa??rt?c?yd? kitaplarda, haritalarda dünya!

Razlika izme?u ?oveka kome se dopada da neprestano sanja da je Napoleon i ?oveka koji za sebe misli da je Napoleon, jeste razlika izme?u sre?nog sanjara i nesre?nog šizofreni?ara.

But don't forget that arrogant men who think too much of themselves always end up alone.

other party guests paraded just in front of us one by one in their chic outfits, but the thick leaves of a potted cyclamen shielded us from view.

In every garden, on every street, we see mothers holding tightly to their children's hands (fifty years later, Théophile Gautier posited that Melling preferred painting women with children, finding them less unsettling and more deserving of respect than women walking alone).

Tiyatro sahnelerinde y?llarca aÄŸlad?ktan sonra,hayatta içtenlikle aÄŸlayan bir kad?na dönüÅŸmem raslant? deÄŸildir.

Beni hayata ba?layan,bana iyimserlik veren bir ?ey vard? bu hayalde.

K?rm?z? Saçl? Kad?n'?n arada akl?ma geldiÄŸini deÄŸil Ali'den,asl?nda kendimden bile saklamak istiyordum.

Nightclub wars were the worst kind of trouble: back in the day, when rival establishments and their gangs declared war on each other, they would kidnap each other's singers and belly dancers and hold them hostage, shooting them in the kneecaps eventually

Edebi romana, büyük romanlara, hayat? anlamland?racak bir rehber gibi ihtiyaç duymam?z?n nedeni, kendimizi dünyada evde hissedememizdir.

Evet, bana göre buras?, yani doÄŸu, karanl???n ve köleliÄŸin ülkesidir. Bundan ne demek istediÄŸimi anlatm??t?m. Bundan burada insanlar?n özgür olmad???n?, biraz metafizik bir dille söylersek, burada ruhlar?n tutsak olduÄŸunu söylemek istiyorum.

pag. 74 I am a tree The essential reason for my loneliness is that I don't even know where I belong. I was supposed to be part of a story, but I fell from there like a leaf in autumn.

Even if you're not happy"—here, she indicated my brother with her eyes—"even when you're having your worst day you live your life as if you are. All sorrows fade away when you're surrounded by your family.

Bir yandan bunu hissediyor,diÄŸer yandan içimden geçenlerin hepsinin boÅŸ birer hayal olduÄŸunu düÅŸünüyordum.

Sen Rousseau filan diyorsun. Ne ilgisi var onlar?n burayla?.. Rousseau Türkiye'de yaÅŸasayd? bir falakadan geçirir adam ederlerdi.

just pop this one out, too

Ä°ÅŸte bu doÄŸru. Burada, Türkiye'de insan hiçbir ÅŸeye akl?yla inanamaz.

Over time, jealousy becomes an element as indispensable as paint in the life of the master artist.

despair is what keeps love alive.

we recognized that the gap between compassion and surrender is love's darkest, deepest region.