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Orhan Pamuk Quotes

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love Picture Quote #1

I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn’t make a penny, I worked so hard, didn’t drink, didn’t enjoy life Picture Quote #1

I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don’t write Picture Quote #1

Turks have a dismissive phrase: he works like a clerk. I have turned this insult around: I am proud to say that I work like a clerk Picture Quote #1

To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much of this is fantasy, and how much is real? Picture Quote #1

Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity Picture Quote #1

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Actually, it’s the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs Picture Quote #1

In the mornings I used to say goodbye to my wife like someone going to work. I’d leave the house, walk around a few blocks, and come back like a person arriving at the office Picture Quote #1

The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The entire world was like a palace with countless rooms whose doors opened into one another. We were able to pass from one room to the next only by exercising our memories and imaginations, but most of us, in our laziness, rarely exercised these capacities, and forever remained in the same room Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles and somewhere around the upper belly but soon spread out to the chest, the thighs, and the forehead, to invade the entire body with numbing force Picture Quote #1

The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time Picture Quote #1

At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with Picture Quote #1

These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people’s feeling that they are not being represented Picture Quote #1

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Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I was at the end of my tether when my first book was published. For eight years I didn’t make a penny, I worked so hard, didn’t drink, didn’t enjoy life (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don’t write (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) Turks have a dismissive phrase: he works like a clerk. I have turned this insult around: I am proud to say that I work like a clerk (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much of this is fantasy, and how much is real? (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) Actually, it’s the other way round. In a poor country, the only consolation people can have is the one that comes from their beliefs (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) In the mornings I used to say goodbye to my wife like someone going to work. I’d leave the house, walk around a few blocks, and come back like a person arriving at the office (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) 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 Quotes) The entire world was like a palace with countless rooms whose doors opened into one another. We were able to pass from one room to the next only by exercising our memories and imaginations, but most of us, in our laziness, rarely exercised these capacities, and forever remained in the same room (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) 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 Quotes) What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles and somewhere around the upper belly but soon spread out to the chest, the thighs, and the forehead, to invade the entire body with numbing force (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with (Orhan Pamuk Quotes) These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people’s feeling that they are not being represented (Orhan Pamuk Quotes)

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