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Try to discover who I am from my choice of words and colors, as attentive people like yourselves might examine footprints to catch a thief.

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Orhan Pamuk
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 7
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The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
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I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well.
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For if a lover's face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home.
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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.
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