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...the endless repetition of an ordinary miracle.

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Orhan Pamuk
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 7
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İstanbul
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East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy - they are coming together. There needn't be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe.
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Many great authors of the 19th century wrote under conditions of strict censorship. The great thing about the art of writing a novel, is that you can write about anything. All you have to say is that it's fiction.
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What was venerated as style was nothing more than an imperfection or flaw that revealed the guilty hand.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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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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As much as I live I shall not imitate them or hate myself for being different to them
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My religion is complicated. Literature is my true religion. After all, I come from a completely non-religious family.
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