Orhan Pamuk, Snow Quotes
Suddenly Ka realized he was in love with İpek. And realizing that this love would determine the rest of his life, he was filled with dread.
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 ideas? Only people in rich countries can enjoy such luxuries.
As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them
The real question is how much suffering we've caused our womenfolk by turning headscarves into symbols - and using women as pawns in a political game.
The thing that binds us together is that we have both lowered our expectations of life
We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction
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.
Despite the loss they were suffering, they'd both relaxed - as people do when they realize they've run out of chances for happiness
Women kill themselves because they hope to gain something, " said Kadife. "Men kill themselves because they've lost hope of gaining anything.