I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning.

Orhan Pamuk in My Name is Red
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Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.

Orhan Pamuk in My Name is Red
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I am nothing but a corpse now, a body at the bottom of a well.

Orhan Pamuk in My Name is Red
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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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Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.

Orhan Pamuk in My Name is Red (1998)
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Books, which we mistake for consolation, only add depth to our sorrow.

Orhan Pamuk in My Name is Red
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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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