Orhan Pamuk citáty

„Já vím jen tolik, že uchýlí-li se muž ke lstem, pastičkám a intrikám, pak v něm láska vůbec nevzplanula… Jmenuji se Červená“

—  Orhan Pamuk

„V této zemi bylo zavražděno milion Arménů a třicet tisíc Kurdů, ale nikdo kromě mě se neodvažuje o tom mluvit.“

—  Orhan Pamuk

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Zdroj: [Ševčíková, Šárka, Milovaný a proklínaný Orhan Pamuk, kultura21.cz, 2009-03-02, 2011-02-26, http://www.kultura21.cz/content/view/758/122/]

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

—  Orhan Pamuk

Zdroj: My Name is Red

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

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha The New Life

Zdroj: The New Life

„Happiness is holding someone in your arms and knowing you hold the whole world.“

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha Snow

Zdroj: Snow

„How much can we ever know about the love and pain in another heart? How much can we hope to understand those who have suffered deeper anguish, greater deprivation, and more crushing disappointments than we ourselves have known?“

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha Snow

Zdroj: Snow

„Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.“

—  Orhan Pamuk

Zdroj: My Name is Red

„The first thing I learned at school was that some people are idiots; the second thing I learned was that some are even worse.“

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha Istanbul: Memories and the City

Zdroj: Istanbul: Memories and the City

„Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.“

—  Orhan Pamuk

Zdroj: My Name is Red

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

—  Orhan Pamuk

Zdroj: My Name is Red

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

—  Orhan Pamuk

Zdroj: My Name is Red

„Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.“

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha The Museum of Innocence

Zdroj: The Museum of Innocence

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

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha The Museum of Innocence

Zdroj: The Museum of Innocence

„My unhappiness protects me from life.“

—  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 can we explain this?“

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha The Museum of Innocence

Zdroj: The Museum of Innocence

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

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha The Museum of Innocence

Zdroj: The Museum of Innocence

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

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha Snow

Zdroj: Snow

„The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion… open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.“

—  Orhan Pamuk

Zdroj: My Name is Red

„When we lose people we love, we should never disturb their souls, whether living or dead. Instead. we should find consolation in an object that reminds you of them, something… I don't know… even an earring“

—  Orhan Pamuk, kniha The Museum of Innocence

Zdroj: The Museum of Innocence