National consciousness is truly a miraculous thing. When I am not in Turkey I feel even more Turkish than in Istanbul. But when I'm home my European side becomes more apparent.
Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.
The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life
When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.
Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
Clocks and calendars do not exist to remind us of the Time we've forgotten but to regulate our relations with others and indeed all of society, and this is how we use them.