“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”

Orhan Pamuk

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

Orhan Pamuk

“Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?”

Orhan Pamuk

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

Orhan Pamuk

“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 ...”

Orhan Pamuk