Quotes About Understanding

Because Anna Karenina could not read the novel she held in her hands, we read Anna Karenina the novel.

We read novels because we want to see the world through other experiences, other beings, other eyes, other cultures.

Ä°nsan hayatta deÄŸilken bile paran?n önemini biliyor.

ancak karanl??? bilen ayd?nl??? anlar.

Zaten romanc? olmak kendi duygular?n?zdan bir baÅŸkas?n?n duygular? gibi ve bir baÅŸkalar?n?n duygular?ndan da kendi duygular?n?z gibi söz edebilme hüneridir.

I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning. — Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red (Everyman's Library; Reprint edition, November 2, 2010) Originally published January 1, 1998.

una vez terminada la vida, ese viaje en coche de caballos en un solo sentido, no puedes volver a empezar de nuevo; pero si tienes un libro entre las manos, por confuso e incomprensible que sea, cuando lo terminas puedes, si quieres, volver al principio para leerlo otra vez y comprender lo incomprensible, para comprender la vida, ¿verdad, Fatma? 1980-1983

Those who can truly see, know.

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?.

Humanity has one strength that no one has: that is we may feel the feelings, pain, jealousy, failure, love, happiness of others and identify with them, and even see the world through their own eyes.

We write novels not because we feel we understand life and people, but because we feel we understand other novels and the art of the novel, and wish to write in a similar way.

Butuh waktu untuk memupuk kesabaran. Pria tidak sabaran sepertimu tidak jatuh cinta dengan seorang wanita, tetapi ingin menguasainya.

Do koje nam je mjere dano doživjeti patnje i ljubavi drugih ljudi? Koliko možemo razumjeti one oko sebe ?ije su boli i bijeda i razo?aranja dublji i teži od naših? Ako razumjeti zna?i staviti se na mjesto onih koji su od nas druga?iji, jesu li bogataši i suci ovoga svijeta ikada shvatili nebrojene patnike koji su ih okruživali?

El verdadero placer de leer una novela empieza con la capacidad de ver el mundo no desde el exterior, sino a través de los ojos de los protagonistas que viven en ese mundo.

A letter doesn't communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling it, touching it and fondling it. Thereby, intelligent folk will say, "Go on then, read what the letter tells you!" whereas the dull-witted will say, "Go on then, read what he's written!

Trenutak samoubojstva za žene je trenutak kad su najusamljenije, i kad najbolje shva?aju što zna?i biti žena.

Throughout history, religious leaders and other honorable men of conscience have always warned against this shaming confusion. They remind us that the poor have hearts, minds, humanity, and wisdom just like everyone else. When Hans Hansen sees a poor man he feels sorry for him. He would not necessarily assume that the man's a fool who's blown his chances or a drunk who's lost his will.

Roman sanat?n? canl? tutan ÅŸey, yazar ile okur aras?nda ortak bir kurmaca anlay???n?n olmas? deÄŸil, olmamas?d?r. Bu anlaÅŸmazl?k ve aynalar aras?na düÅŸme duygusu, roman sanat?n? Decartesç? düÅŸüncenin d???na ta??r ve insanl???n düÅŸünme, hayal etme, herkesi, her ÅŸeyi özgürce anlama özlemine seslenir.

Intentions come in two forms," he said: "THAT WHICH OUR HEART INTENDS and THAT WHICH OUR WORDS INTEND

Read them, read and learn, because there's so much to do, you know.

Roman sanat? kendimizden bir baÅŸkas? gibi ve baÅŸkalar?ndan kendimiz gibi söz açabilme hüneridir.

Another time he told me about two mountains—one of cork, the other of marble—which had spent thousands of years staring at each other without any mutual comprehension, and he concluded this tale by telling me about the verse in the Holy Koran which says to build your homes on high ground.

Let me say one thing first: I'm a novelist. And it's a novelist's job to put your mind into all sorts of characters, which doesn't mean I agree with them.

Ölümün kaç?n?lmaz olduÄŸunu anlay?nca aÄŸlamaya baÅŸlad?m.