617 Quotes by Orhan Pamuk

I always think that it's wrong to put images of my protagonists on the cover of my novels because readers can identify with characters only if they are given the chance to imagine them independently.

...man's sentimental attachment to objects is one of life's greatest consolations.

Contrary to what the West seems to think, it is not poverty that brings people like us so close to God. It's the fact that no one is more curious than we are to learn why we are here on earth and what will happen to us in the next world.

It’s not enough to be oppressed, you must also be in the right. Most oppressed people are in the wrong to an almost ridiculous degree. What shall I believe in?

Let everyone know, I lived a very happy life.

...The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion; if you want to live in the paradise where happy mares and stallion live, open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.

Tıpkı, daha oluşumunu tamamlamakta olan bir gezegenin yüzeyi gibi, üzeri beton, taş, kiremit, ahşap ve pleksiglas ve kubbeyle kaplı inişli çıkışlı şehir parçacıkları, sanki ağır ağır aralanacaklar ve karanlığın içinden esrarlı yeraltının alev rengi aydınlığı sızacaktı.

It's such a shame that we know so little about our own country, that we can't find it in our hearts to love our own kind. Instead we admire those who show our country disrespect and betray its people.

A writer in someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is.