What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles and somewhere around the upper be….

What was venerated as style was nothing more than an imperfection or flaw that revealed the guilty hand..

If the Americans would only take all the money they have spent on this war (Iraq), and spend it like Soros has done on civil societies in these count….

I realized that the longing for art, like the longing for love, is a malady that blinds us, and makes us forget the things we already know, obscuring….

How different from the cosy world of Rüya's detective novels, where authors never vexed a hero with more signs than he needed..

Nationalism stems from catastrophes, whether they are caused by earthquakes or lost wars..

Oscar Wilde always makes me smile - with respect and admiration. His short stories prove that it is possible to be both sarcastic, even cynical, but ….

The entire world was like a palace with countless rooms whose doors opened into one another. We were able to pass from one room to the next only by e….

With the death of my father, it wasn't just the objects of everyday life that had changed; even the most ordinary street scenes had become irreplacea….

Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space..

The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion . . . open your eyes wide and actually see th….

What is love?” “I don’t know.” “Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Füsun whenever they travel along highways or sidewalks; visit hou….

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this..

If Turkey become a member of the EU, of course Turks would lose a part of this identity, just as Europe would lose a part of its own. It would also b….

Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?.

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 ot….

To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much of this is fantasy, and how much is….

Of course in Turkey I'm seen as being on the 'Western' side, criticised by the nationalists, criticised by the communitarians as not belonging. Even,….

Sometimes I would see them not as mementos of the blissful hours but as the tangible precious debris of the storm raging in my soul..

We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction.

The snow reminded me of the beauty and mystery of creation, of the essential joy that is life..