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Orhan Pamuk
“the hüzün the boy has carried with him since birth will lead the story into melodrama.”
Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories and the City

Orhan Pamuk
“When you see a beautiful woman in the street, don’t look at her hatefully as if you’re about to kill her and don’t exhibit excessive longing either; just give her a little smile, avert your eyes, and walk on [1974]. Taking”
Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul

Orhan Pamuk
“Taking our inspiration from an article on the proper way to walk in a city that appeared recently in the celebrated Parisian magazine Matin, we too should make our feelings clear to people who have yet to learn how to conduct themselves on the streets of Istanbul and tell them, “Don’t walk down the street with your mouth open” [1924]. It”
Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul

“Crime is common but logic is rare,”
Roger Jaynes, Sherlock Holmes and the Chilford Ripper

Orhan Pamuk
“After I made it my business to find out how much money people have been squandering on these frivolous and insanely ostentatious fireworks displays we’ve seen in every corner of Istanbul every night this summer, I had to ask myself if the people celebrating at those weddings might not have been happier—bearing in mind that we are now a city of ten million people—if the money had been spent on educating the children of the poor. Am I right or wrong [1997]? Especially”
Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul

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