Orhan Pamuk Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

• In a brutal country like ours, where human life is 'cheap', it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Country, Stupid, Rich Countries

  FaceBook post by Orhan Pamuk from Dec 18, 2016

  21 Copy quote

• We fall in love more deeply when were unhappy.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Falling In Love, Fall, Unhappy

  4 Copy quote

• People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Lying, People, Losing

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “The Museum of Innocence”, p.70, Faber & Faber

  18 Copy quote

• For if a lover's face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Home, Heart, World

  FaceBook post by Orhan Pamuk from Apr 08, 2013

  46 Copy quote

• As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them

  Orhan Pamuk

  Hate, Being Different, Imitation

  6 Copy quote

• My unhappiness protects me from life.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Unhappiness, Protect

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “Snow”, p.140, Faber & Faber

  10 Copy quote

• Heaven was the place where you kept alive the dreams of your memories.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Dream, Memories, Heaven

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “Snow”, p.296, Faber & Faber

  11 Copy quote

• Happiness is laughing together.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Laughing, Together, Laughing Together

  5 Copy quote

• ...every person has a star, every star has a friend, and for every person carrying a star there is someone else who reflects it, and everyone carries this reflection like a secret confidante in the heart.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Stars, Heart, Reflection

  Orhan Pamuk (2006). “Snow”, p.118, Vintage

  28 Copy quote

• I need the pain of loneliness to make my imagination work.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Pain, Loneliness, Imagination

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “Other Colours”, p.570, Faber & Faber

  10 Copy quote

• A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Writing, Years, Mind

  FaceBook post by Orhan Pamuk from Oct 21, 2012

  39 Copy quote

• The bloody years of war and all the atrocities in European history have taught the Europeans that secular politics free of religious hatred is mainly a question of peace. This concept is not anchored in the same way in the consciousness of Turks, which has to do with the fact that the secular was forced upon us by the army.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Religious, War, Army

  Source: www.spiegel.de

  31 Copy quote

• Any intelligent person knows that life is a beautiful thing and that the purpose of life is to be happy," said my father as he watched the three beauties. "But it seems only idiots are ever happy. How can we explain this?

  Orhan Pamuk

  Beautiful, Father, Intelligent

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “The Museum of Innocence”, p.144, Faber & Faber

  12 Copy quote

• True literature is more than just a story someone has told. It must provide the reader with the essence of the world on a moral, philosophical and emotional level.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Philosophical, Emotional, Essence

  11 Copy quote

• Censorship should never be allowed. One should be able to say anything. But I refuse to let politics be foisted on me.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Say Anything, Able, Censorship

  "SPIEGEL Interview with Orhan Pamuk 'No One Drives Me into Exile'". Interview with Dieter Bednarz and Annette Grossbongardt, www.spiegel.de. May 2, 2007.

  21 Copy quote

• The urbanized life has lead to the destruction of the legends.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Legends, Destruction

  5 Copy quote

• Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Book, Musical, Different

  FaceBook post by Orhan Pamuk from Feb 12, 2012

  41 Copy quote

• ...the endless repetition of an ordinary miracle.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Miracle, Ordinary, Endless

  Orhan Pamuk (2004). “Snow”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

  7 Copy quote

• After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Cat, Men

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “The Museum of Innocence”, p.317, Faber & Faber

  38 Copy quote

• It may not happen in the first instant, but within ten minutes of meeting a man, a woman has a clear idea of who he is, or at least who he might be for her, and her heart of hearts has already told her whether or not she's going to fall in love with him.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Falling In Love, Heart, Men

  Orhan Pamuk (2006). “Snow”, p.222, Vintage

  19 Copy quote

• I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Philosophy, Tree, Want

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.61, Faber & Faber

  8 Copy quote

• Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Realizing, Dread, Filled

  FaceBook post by Orhan Pamuk from Dec 28, 2012

  25 Copy quote

• Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Mistake, Book, Sorrow

  Orhan Pamuk (2002). “My Name is Red”, Vintage

  9 Copy quote

• Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Love, Inspirational Life, Cute Life

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “The Museum of Innocence”, p.317, Faber & Faber

  10 Copy quote

• Listen to me: Life is not about principles; it`s about happiness.` `But if you don`t have any principles, and if you don`t have faith, you can`t be happy at all,` said Kadife. `That`s true. But in a brutal country like ours, where human life is cheap, it`s stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs? High ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.` `Actually, it`s the other way round. In a poor country, people`s sole consolation comes from their beliefs.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Country, Stupid, Rich Countries

  11 Copy quote

Page 2 of 8

First

← Prev

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin