Best quotes by Orhan Pamuk on Life

Checkout quotes by Orhan Pamuk on Life

  • Life is short, and we should respect every moment of it.
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  • Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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  • One side of me is very busy paying attention to the details of life, the humanity of people, catching the street voices, the middle-class, upper-middle-class secret lives of Turks. The other side is interested in history and class and gender, trying to get all of society in a very realistic way.
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  • I have the legacy of my father and his nocturnal automatic waking up. But I like those periods. I immediately have a different vision of humanity and my life.
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  • Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
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  • I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.
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  • At the age of 60, I am less experimental and more mature. I want most of all to convey my understanding of life.
    - Orhan Pamuk