To savour Istanbul's back streets, to appreciate the vines and trees that endow its ruins with accidental grace, you must, first and foremost, be a stranger to them.
- Orhan Pamuk
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Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it... Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.
How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we... The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . .... There are two kind of men,’ said Ka, in a didatic voice. ‘The first kind does not fall... A letter doesn’t communicate by words alone. A letter, just like a book, can be read by smelling... For if a lover’s face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home.
Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere
Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur... Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.
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