Quotes from Orhan Pamuk

For a dog, you see, nothing is as satisfying as sinking his teeth into his miserable enemy in a fit of instinctual wrath.

This book is concerned with fate.

Bu bak?mdan, bu duvar saati zaman? hat?rlamaya, yani ÅŸeylerin deÄŸiÅŸtiÄŸini arada bir düÅŸünmeye deÄŸil, tam tersi, hiçbir ÅŸeyin deÄŸiÅŸmediÄŸini hissetmeye ve inanmaya yarard?.

Hand in hand, they crossed the little bridge over the river Sarp. Rayiha's hand in his was light and delicate as a bird. A cool breeze carried the scent of thyme and bay leaves over the murmuring water.

Fransa'da en az?ndan elli y?l süren o çaÄŸ, bizde beÅŸ ay bile sürmedi.

would very much like to see you. We await your company at supper on May 19.

Not to mention how insulting it is to suggest that a beauty like Samiha should be worth no more than a set of dentures.

distinguish hearsay from what we've seen with our own eyes; when we are relating dreams, fairy tales, or past events we could not have witnessed, we use this tense. It is a useful distinction to make as we "remember" our earliest life experiences, our cradles, our baby carriages, our first steps, all as reported by our parents, stories to which we listen with the same rapt attention

Oysa hayat?m?zdaki utanç verici ÅŸeyler bir müzede sergilenirlerse, hemen gururlan?lacak ÅŸeylere dönüÅŸürler.

Peki özgürlüÄŸü kim istiyor? Devlet istemiyor! Tüccarlar buna fazla merakl? deÄŸiller. Toprak aÄŸalar? nefret ediyor! Köylüler duymam??. BaÅŸka kim var? Ä°ÅŸçiler?.. Bir de ben! Hah, hah...

YaÅŸlanmam??, ihtiyarlay?p çökmüÅŸ.

Our apartment was at the top of a tall building opposite Te?vikiye Mosque, and our bedroom windows looked out on many other families' bedrooms that resembled ours; since childhood I had found strange comfort in going to my dark bedroom to look into other people's apartments.

These sights spoke of a strange and powerful loneliness.

painting is the act of seeking out Allah's memories and seeing the world as He sees the world.

Dok je prolazio pokraj prazne armenske jednokatnice prozora okovanih daskama, Ka je, osluškuju?i svoj dah i škripu svojih koraka, za?uo kako ga dozivaju sre?a i život, jasno i izazovno kao da ih prvi put ?uje. A njemu je bilo jasno jedino to da u sebi ima dovoljno snage da im - okrene le?a.

Beautiful though it is, I find the language of epic unconvincing, for I cannot accept that the myths we tell about our first lives prepare us for the brighter, more authentic second lives that are meant to begin when we awake. Because—for people like me, at least—that second life is none other than the book in your hand. So pay close attention, dear reader. Let me be straight with you, and in return let me ask for your compassion.

Sometimes Füsun yawned so beautifully that I would think that she had forgotten the entire world and that she was drawing from the depths of her soul a more peaceful life, as one might draw cold water from a well on a hot summer day.

had once managed in half a day to replace the entire engine on a 1995 Mercedes with one from some old wreck, doing such a flawless job that the returning owner left the valet an especially large tip for having cleaned the car for him.

You must be joking! What exactly could they be laughing about?" "Well, I didn't hear it directly, of course. Kenan told Füsun. And she told me…. And she was quite upset, too. Apparently it's general knowledge at Satsat that every night at quitting time, you and Sibel would meet there for a romp on the divan in the corner office. This is what all the snickering was about." "What's happened now?

A great painter does not content himself by affecting us with his masterpieces; ultimately, he succeeds in changing the landscape of our minds. Once a miniaturist's artistry enters our souls this way, it becomes the criterion for the beauty of our world.

If we've lived in a city long enough to have given our truest and deepest feelings to its prospects, there comes a time when—just as a song recalls a lost love—particular streets, images, and vistas will do the same.

Mevlut wasn't sure whether the strangeness was in his mind or in the world.

Karena ini adalah bukti bahwa saya seorang ateis tipikal: saya tidak memedulikan apa pun, kecuali cinta dan kebahagiaan.

I'm saying this to you as someone who's spent years as a political exile. Listen to me: Life's not about principles, it's about happiness.