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Quotes About Relationships

I do know this much though: If a man resorts to wiles, guile and petty deceptions, it means he's nowhere near being in love.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Contrary to popular opinion, a man can shut love out if he wants to. But to do so, he must free himself not only from the woman who has bewitched him but also from the third person in the story, the ghost who has put temptation in his way.
~ Orhan Pamuk
AÅŸk evlilikten sonra gelir. Unutma: Evlenmeden önce alevlenen aÅŸk yang?n? evlilikle söner ve geriye boÅŸ ve kederli bir yang?n yeri kal?r. Evlendikten sonra duyulan aÅŸk da biter elbette, ama onun yerini mutluluk al?r. Buna raÄŸmen baz? aceleci budalalar evlenmeden önce â??k olup yana yana bütün aÅŸk? tüketirler. Niye? Çünkü hayatta en büyük amac? aÅŸk sanarlar.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Pour elle, aimer, c'était prendre tous les risques et donner notre vie pour quelqu'un, oui, l'amour était une chose de cet ordre. Mais dans la vie, cela ne se produisait qu'une seule fois.
~ Orhan Pamuk
love that blooms this fast is just as fast to wither
~ Orhan Pamuk
Çok hata ettim, ona hava att?m, onunla arkadaÅŸ olamad?m," dedi Süleyman. "Ama o da çok sivri dilliydi. Kimse, k?zlarla nas?l konuÅŸulur, bu zor iÅŸin s?rr?n? bize öÄŸretmedi. Bir erkekle konuÅŸur gibi, ama hiç küfür etmeden konuÅŸuyordum. Olmad?
~ Orhan Pamuk
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.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Don't worry—love that blooms this fast is just as fast to wither
~ Orhan Pamuk
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.
~ Orhan Pamuk
The truth is contentment. Love and marriage are but a means to obtaining it
~ Orhan Pamuk
Eso que llaman familia cada día que pasaba me parecía más como un grupo de personas que aparentan ser felices acallando por un rato sus demonios interiores para que creer que son amadas y para sentirse tranquilas, cómodas y seguras
~ Orhan Pamuk
Solo después de casarse descubrió Galip que en la vida de aquella persona anónima a la que las estadísticas y los encasillamientos burocráticos llaman ama de casa (aquella mujer con detergente e hijos que Galip jamás había podido relacionar con Rüya) existía una región así de secreta, así de misteriosa y así de resbaladiza.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Is the need for a father always there, or do we feel it only when we are confused, or anguished, when our world is falling apart?
~ Orhan Pamuk
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.
~ Orhan Pamuk
If you can't put your trust in people, you'll never get anywhere in life
~ Orhan Pamuk
Samiha le había destrozado el corazón al recordarle que hubo un tiempo en que no lo había amado. En momentos como ese, en el que todos los fracasos e insatisfacciones de su vida parecían inundarlo por dentro como una oleada de arrepentimiento, su mente volvía automáticamente a Rayiha.
~ Orhan Pamuk
K?z?n?n o kar???k çantas?na göz at?nca ÅŸehirle, insanlarla, kurumlarla kendisinin baÅŸard???ndan daha derin ve düzgün bir iliÅŸki kurduÄŸunu, kendisinin yaln?zca sat?c? olarak tan?d??? pek çok insanla pek çok ÅŸeyler konuÅŸtuÄŸunu anlard?.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Pero su poder sobre mí no procedía de algo exterior, de ser un "centro de poder" ajeno, sino de mi propio deseo de gustar, de ser querido y acariciado. Por eso me resultaba tan interesante el poder que la maestra tenía sobre una clase de 25 personas
~ Orhan Pamuk
It was not Orhan and ?evket locked in deadly combat but my own favorite hero or soccer player versus my brother's.
~ Orhan Pamuk
AÅŸk m? insan? budala yap?yor, yoksa yaln?zca budalalar m? â??k oluyor? Y?llard?r bohçac?l?k, çöpçatanl?k yap?yorum, bunun cevab?n? bilemiyorum. Birbirlerine tutuldukça daha zekileÅŸen, daha bir kurnaz olup ak?ll?ca dolaplar çeviren bir çifti, hele bir erkeÄŸi tan?mak isterdim
~ Orhan Pamuk
Ljubav je ?ovjekova želja da unato? 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.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Ferhat came in one evening with a book called Examples of Beautiful Love Letters and How to Write Them. To make sure they took it seriously, he read a selection of possible forms of address out loud, but Mevlut always found reason to object. He couldn't address Rayiha as "Ma'am." Both "Dear Ma'am" and "Little Lady" sounded equally strange. (Still, the word "little" definitely worked.)
~ Orhan Pamuk
If we go to Frankfurt together it won't be long, I'm sure, before I love you. I'm not like you; it takes me longer than two days to fall in love with someone. If you're patient, if you don't break my heart with your Turkish jealousies, I'll love you deeply.
~ Orhan Pamuk
Remember that there is something else in the world even more important than making money. Your health, your family, your friendships should mean a thousand times more to you than dollarchasing. Life was given us for enjoyment, not for one long, strenuous, straining struggle in the dreary drudgery of scraping dollars together.
~ Orison Swett Marden