I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.
Orhan PamukTags: reading books orhan-pamuk the-new-life
I read a book one day and my whole life was changed” starts Orhan Pamuk to his famous and brilliantly written book: The New Life. Some books just strike you with the very first sentence, and generally those are the ones that leave a mark in your memory and soul, the ones that make you read, come back many years later and read again, and have the same pleasure each time. I was lucky enough to have a father who was passionate about literature, so passionate that he would teach me how to read at the age of five. The very first book he bought for me was “The Little Black Fish” by Samad Behrangi. After that I started reading his other books, and at that age I had already owned a small Behrangi collection. Recently I was talking with a Persian friend about how Behrangi and his books changed my life. A girl, from another country, from kilometeters away, around the same time was also reading Behrangi’s books, and creating her own imaginary worlds with his rich and deep characters, and intense stories.
Samad BehrangiTags: orhan-pamuk
-"Explícale la sensación del rojo a alguien que nunca lo ha visto, maestro.
-Si lo tocáramos con la punta de un dedo sería entre el hierro y el cobre. Si lo cogiéramos en la mano, quemaría. Si lo porbáramos tendría un sabor pleno como de carne salada. Si nos lo lleváramos a la boca, nos la llenaría. Si lo oliéramos, olería a caballo. Si oliera como una flor se parecería a una margarita, no a una rosa roja
Tags: pamuk rojo orhan-pamuk colores me-llamo-rojo
¡Qué feliz estoy de ser el rojo! Soy fogoso y fuerte; sé que llamo la atención y que no podeis resistiros a mí.
No me oculto: para mí el refinamiento no se manifiesta a través de la decisión y la voluntad. Me expongo abiertamente. No temo a los demás colores, ni a las sombras, ni a la multitud, ni a la soledad. ¡Qué hermoso es llenar con mi fuego triunfante una superficie que me está esperando! Allí donde me extiendo, brillan los ojos, se refuerzan las pasiones, se elevan las cejas y se aceleran los corazones. Miradme: ¡qué hermoso es vivir! Contempladme: ¡qué bello es ver! Vivir es ver. Aparezco en cualquier parte. La vida comienza conmigo, todo regresa a mí, creedme.
Tags: pamuk rojo orhan-pamuk colores
Mutlu olabilmek için her gün bir miktar edebiyatla ilgilenmem gerekiyor.
Orhan PamukTags: literature nobel orhan-pamuk nobel-lecture
...in a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs. Beliefs, high ideals--only people living in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.'
'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.
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Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.
Orhan PamukTags: reading books love distraction snow orhan-pamuk
There are two kinds of Communists: the arrogant ones, who enter the fray hoping to make men out of the people and bring progress to the nation; and the innocent ones, who get involved because they believe in equality and justice. The arrogant ones are obsessed with power; they presume to think for everyone; only bad can come of them. But the innocents? The only harm they do is to themselves. But that's all they ever wanted in the first place. They feel so guilty about the suffering of the poor, and are so keen to share it, that they make their lives miserable on purpose.
Orhan PamukTags: guilt communism snow the-poor orhan-pamuk others-suffering
...the endless repetition of an ordinary miracle.
Orhan PamukTags: miracle snow orhan-pamuk snowflakes
Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves.
Orhan PamukTags: heroism heroes snow orhan-pamuk heroics
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