Quotes from Orhan Pamuk

Mnogo je toga u životu, vjerojatno je tako, ali ti, eto, ?ekaš. Ovako to meni izgleda: stvari koje bih želio da se dogode potrebno je dugo ?ekati, a kad se i dogode, ne dogode se onako kako sam ih ja zamišljao i o?ekivao; kao da su se sve urotile protiv mene: dolaze polako, polako, a dok se sna?eš i pogledaš, ve? su i prošle.

Cumhuriyet kimlerin elinde görüyorsun. Ä°smet PaÅŸa bu adama deÄŸil bakanl?k, ta??s?n diye çantas?n? bile vermez!..

U životu se sve vrti oko sre?e. Neki su ljudi sretni, nekima je sre?a nedostižna. Ve?ina je, naravno, negdje izme?u.

Lo primero que aprendí en la escuela fue que había gente que era tonta, y lo segundo que algunos eran más tontos todavía.

Ljubav je ?ovjekova želja da usprkos mogu?nostima koje mu se nude voli samo jednu osobu i da ta osoba voli njega, ona je dakle osje?aj koji ga ?ini sretnim.

Here among the old stones and the old wooden houses, history made peace with it's ruins; ruins nourished life, and gave new life to history.

Our ancestors used to torture criminals before they executed them—it's in times like these that one truly understands the importance of tradition.

Knowing that she doesn't love me hurts so much that I'd rather think she was taken against her will, which in turn makes me think of how I want to kill those bastards. Our ancestors used to torture criminals before they executed them—it's in times like these that one truly understands the importance of tradition.

whenever I sense the absence of Western eyes, I become my own Westerner.

In a marriage, trust is more important than love, as we all know.

They've been taping your phone conversations for four years." He lay down again, weeping silently. "I want to die," he said.

If you can't put your trust in people, you'll never get anywhere in life

Hiç vazgeçme bozac?. Bu kuleler, betonlar aras?nda kim al?r deme. Sen hep geç sokaklardan." "Ben k?yamete kadar boza sataca??m," dedi Mevlut.

Toutes ces choses que j'avais apprises, auxquelles j'avais cru jusque-là, n'étaient plus que des détails dépourvus de tout intérêt, et des choses que j'ignorais surgirent des recoins où elles s'étaient terrées jusque-là et me lancèrent des signaux.

Åžehre söylemek duvarlara yazmak istediÄŸi ÅŸey ÅŸimdi akl?na gelmiÅŸti iÅŸte. Bu hem resmî, hem ÅŸahsi görüÅŸüydi; hem kalbinin hem de dilinin niyetiydi. "Ben bu alemde en çok Rahiya'y? sevdim," dedi Mevlut kendi kendine.

Fue el momento más feliz de mi vida y no lo sabía.

Most of the time, being a Turk is either an excuse or a pretext for evil.

How difficult it is being human, even worse is living a human's life.

While these Turkish films kept telling us that one could find the truth leaving behind this world of lies, by now I could no longer believe in the films we saw in the open-air cinemas, with ever dwindling audiences. I could no longer submit to that sentimental realm.

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Then suddenly I'd hear a ship coming from the direction of Karaköy and Tophane blowing its whistle, and I would remember the noise of the city, and its crowds, and as I tried to conjure up the image of the ferries approaching the piers, I would reluctantly realize just how involved I'd become with the Keskin family, how much time I'd spent eating at this table: As these ships had gone by, blowing their whistles, I'd not even noticed how many months and years had passed us by.

Y mientras pronunciaba estas palabras, comprendió lo difícil que era decir la verdad y resultar sincero al mismo tiempo.

Ka loved Turgenev and his elegant novels, and like the Russian writer Ka too had tired of his own country's never-ending troubles and come to despise its backwardness, only to find himself gazing back with love and longing after a move to Europe. Ka

I get upset to see things thrown away and forgotten, I said. They say the Chinese used to believe that things had souls. Before we Turks came here from Central Asia, we spent a huge amount of time with the Chinese; there was something about this on television just the other day, said Aunt Nesibe.