In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.
Orhan PamukTag: equality rich civilization guilt culture wealthy refinement
Believing that Sibel was saying these things to me to make me angry, I got angry. But this is not to say that the fury owed nothing to my partial awareness that she was right.
Orhan PamukIn fact no one recognizes the happiest moment of their lives as they are living it. It may well be that, in a moment of joy, one might sincerely believe that they are living that golden instant "now," even having lived such a moment before, but whatever they say, in one part of their hearts they still believe in the certainty of a happier moment to come. Because how could anyone, and particularly anyone who is still young, carry on with the belief that everything could only get worse: If a person is happy enough to think he has reached the happiest moment of his life, he will be hopeful enough to believe his future will be just as beautiful, more so.
Orhan PamukTag: life optimism happiness beauty joy hope
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 PamukTag: life intelligence happiness beauty idiots
The past is always an invented land.
Orhan PamukLe meilleur commencement pour une bonne amitié, c'est un secret.
Orhan PamukÇünkü bana göre siyaset, en sonunda bizim gibi olmayanları kararlılıkla anlamama, romancılık ise anlama işidir.
Orhan PamukMy fear was not the fear of God but, as in the case of the whole Turkish secular bourgeoisie, fear of the anger of those who believe in God too zealously(...) I experienced the guilt complex as something personal, originated less from the fear of distancing myself from God than from distancing myself from the sense of community shared by the entire city .
Orhan PamukTag: religion community-loneliness-love
Какво е щастие? Да откриеш един свят, в който можеш да забравиш цялата пустота и угнетеност. Да държиш в ръцете си някого с усещането, че държиш целия Свят!
Orhan Pamukكان ذلك حتى و أنا طفل ، يجعلنى أعرف أن حضارة عظيمة قامت هنا ، و مما قالوه لى : كان هناك اناس يشبهوننا عاشوا في زمان ما حياه مختلفه تماما عن حياتنا ، و قد تركونا نحن الذين أتينا من بعدهم نشعر بـأننا أفقر و أضعف و أضيق أفقا
اسطنبول :الذكريات و المدينه
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