Ana

“Melling’s is an insider’s eye. But because the İstanbullus of his time did not know how to paint themselves or their city—indeed, had no interest in doing so—the techniques he brought with him from the West still give these candid paintings a foreign air. Because he saw the city like an İstanbullu but painted it like a clear-eyed Westerner, Melling’s Istanbul is not only a place graced by hills, mosques, and landmarks we can recognize, it is a place of sublime beauty.”
― Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul

“The opposite of freewill is not determinism, it's compulsion.”
― Joscha Bach

“You can't change a regime on the basis of compassion. There's got to be something harder.”
― Nadine Gordimer, The Quotable Gordimer; or, The Wit and Wisdom of Nadine Gordimer

“Having made the decision, do not revise it unless some new fact comes to your knowledge. Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.”
― Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness