Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves.
Orhan PamukWhat is love?โ โI donโt know.โ โLove is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Fรผsun whenever they travel along highways or sidewalks; visit houses, gardens, or rooms; or whenever he watches her sitting in tea gardens and restaurants, and at dinner tables.โ โHmmm โฆ thatโs a lovely answer,~ But isnโt love what you feel when you canโt see me?โ โUnder those circumstances, it becomes a terrible obsession, an illness.
Orhan PamukThe snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life.
Orhan PamukIn Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.
Orhan Pamuk