Quotes from The New Life

Orhan Pamuk ·  296 pages

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“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“Sometimes I sensed that the books I read in rapid succession had set up some sort of murmur among themselves, transforming my head into an orchestra pit where different musical instruments sounded out, and I would realize that I could endure this life because of these musicales going on in my head.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“أحب القراءة فقط كما أحببت الذهاب لمشاهدة الأفلام، أو تصفح الجرائد و المجلات، لم أكن أفعل هذه الأشياء لأكتسب نوعاً من المميزات، أو للحصول على نتيجة ما، أو ربما لأفكر فى نفسى كشخص فوق العادى، أو أكثر معرفة، أو أكثر عمقاً من الآخرين، أستطيع حتى أن أقول إن كونى دودة كتب علمنى نوعاً من التواضع”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“عندما تفكر فى الأمر, الظلم و الشر موجودان فى كل مكان فى العالم... المهم هو أن تعيش بحيث تبقى الطيبة بداخلك سليمة”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“الحب هو رغبة ملحة فى العثور على مرفأ آمن لروحك الإنسانية”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life



“Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“ذات مرة اعتدت أن أكون شخصاً آخر, و أن شخصاً ما اعتاد أن يرغب فى أن يصبح أنا”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“ما الحب ؟ الحب هو الاستسلام .. الحب هو سبب الحب .. الحب هو التفاهم ..الحب نوع من الموسيقى ، الحب والقلب الرقيق شيئان متماثلان .. الحب هو قصيدة حزينة ، الحب هو روح رقيقة تنظر في المرآة ، الحب فان ، الحب هو ألا تكون مضطرًا أن تقول إنك آسف ، الحب هو عملية تبلور . الحب عطاء. الحب هو اقتسام قطعة من اللبان ، فأنت لا تستطيع التحدث عن الحب ، الحب هو كلمة خاوية ، الحب هو أن تكون متوحدًا مع الله .. الحب مرير .. الحب هو مقابلة الملاك .. وادٍ من الدموع، الحب هو انتظار النليفون أن يرن ، الحب هو العالم بأسره . الحب هو تشابك الأيدي في السينما ، الحب مُسكر، الحب هو وحش، الحب أعمى ، الحب هو أن تستمع إلى قلبك ، الحب هو الصمت المقدس ، الحب هو موضوع الأغاني ، الحب جيد للبشرة
...
إنّه رغبة مُلحة في العثور على مرفأ آمن لروحك الإنسانية .”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“أين الأرواح المتشابهة (المتناسخة) التى أستطيع التحدث معها؟ أين البلاد التى أجد فيها الحلم الذى تحدث إلى قلبى؟ أين هؤلاء الذين قرءوا الكتاب أيضاً؟”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“أنت تسأل طفل لماذا يبكى؛ هو يبكى لجرح عميق بداخله لكنه يخبرك بأنه يبكى لأنه فقد برايته الزرقاء؛ كان هذا نوع الحزن الذى اجتاحنى و أنا أنظر إلى كل الأشياء المعروضة.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life



“هذا ما كنت أريده ... السلام, النوم, الموت, الوقت!”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“الحب هو الرغبة في أن تتمسك بسرعة بشخص آخر وأن تكونا معا في نفس المكان;
فهو الرغبة في ألا تصبح مهتما بالعالم وأنت تحتضن الآخر.
إنه رغبة ملحة في العثور على مرفأ آمن لروحك الإنسانية.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“We had no desire to live in Istanbul, nor in Paris or New York. Let them have their discos and dollars, their skycrapers and supersonics transports. Let them have their radios and their color TV, hey, we have ours, don't we? But we have something they don't have. Heart. We have heart. Look, look how the light of life seeps into my very heart”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“الحزن هو مادة تنتشر من المعدة إلى المخ”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“سقوط الحضارات العظيمة و تحطم ذكرياتها يشار إليه أولاً بالتداعى الأخلاقى للصغار ”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life



“Love is the urgency to hold fast to another and to be together in the same place. It's the desire to keep the world out by embracing another. It is the yearning to find a safe harbor for the human soul.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“خذنى إلى هذه المملكة المجهولة حيث أريد أن أذهب! خذنى إلى باب الموت, غير واع و جبهتى تنزف دماً, إداً يمكن أن أصبح شخصاً آخر!”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“عرفت أنها ستكون نهاية حياتي ولكن أردت فقط أن أعود للبيت, لم تكن لدي أي رغبة في الموت على الإطلاق, ولا في العبور غلى الحياة الجديدة”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“If the soulmate is absent there is no need for the soul”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“Kederden ölüyormuş gibi yaparak yürüdüm karanlığa kederden ölerek.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life



“Love is good for the skin.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“- Nasmej mi se. Nasmej mi se pa da na tvom licu, barem jednom ugledam svetlost onog sveta. Podseti me na toplinu pekare u koju sam, vraćajući se iz škole sa tašnom u ruci po snežnom zimskom danu, ulazila da kupim zemičku; podseti me kako sam po vrelom letnjem danu sa keja radosno skakala u more; podseti me na prvi poljubac, na prvi zagrljaj, na orah do čijeg sam se samog vrha popela sama, na letnje veče u kojem sam bila van sebe, na noć u kojoj sam se veselo napila, na ušuškanost u mom jorganu i na lepo dete koje me je sa ljubavlju pogledalo. Sve je to u onoj zemlji, i ja želim tamo da odem, pomozi mi, pomozi mi da bih mogla srećna da prihvatim to da me je sve manje svaki put kad udahnem.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“Hiçbir şey, her şeyi unutabilmenin verdiği huzurdan değerli olamaz.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“لاتأخد كلامي على محمل الخطأ
لكن أنت نفسك يمكن أن تكون واحدا منهم ، في مرات كثيرة يفعل الشخص عكس ما يعتقد تماما ، أو يعتقد أنه يفعل ، أنت على الطريق إلى هذه المملكة ، لكنك تتجه إلى الداخل ، أنت تعتقد أنك تقرأ الكتاب ، ولكنك تعيد كتابته ، عندما تتخيل أنك تساعد فإنك تزرع الأذى ، معظم الناس لايريدون حياه جديده و لاعالما جديدا ، لذلك فهم يقتلون مؤلف الكتاب ”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“Nedir zaman? Bir kaza! Nedir hayat? Bir zaman! Nedir kaza? Bir hayat, yeni bir hayat!”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life



“Mutlulukla bir dünyayı seyrettim, Canan, seni severek...”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“I read somewhere that luck is not blind, just illiterate. Luck, I mused, is a palliative for those who don't know probability and statistics.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“أنت ترى، لم أكن قادراً على قول شيء جديد، لكني ما زلت قد نجحت في أن أقول شيئاً! لم أعد أهتم إذا ما كان جديداً أم لا، على النقيض مما يعتقده المدَعون الحمقى، فمن الأفضل أن أقول عدة كلمات على أن أبقى ساكتاَ ، ما فائدة أن تبقى أفواهنا مغلقة بحق السماء ؟
لماذا نشاهد الحياة بسلبيه وهي تطعن أجسادنا وأرواحنا مثل قطار قاسٍ يتقدم ببطء إلى واجهته ؟
عرفت رجلاً كان في نفس عمري لمَح إلي أن الصمت أفضل من المحاربه ضد قوى الشر التي تتربص بنا وتدمرنا ; أقول أنه لمح لأنه لم يصرح بذلك قط، كان جالساً على مكتب مثل صبي مطيع، وظل يكتب في كراسة من الصباح وحتى الليل كلمات شخص آخر في صمت، أحياناًأتخيل أنه لم يمت وما زال يكتب، أخاف من أن صمته قد يمتد بداخلي في شكل رعب فظيع .”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“قال دكتور فاين : إن هناك البعض وسط الأطفال يقومون بسرقات زهيده ، وإن سقوط الحضارات العظيمة وتحطم ذكرياتها يشار إليه أولاً بالتداعي الأخلاقي للصغار . فالصغار لديهم القدره على نسيان القديم بلا ألم وبنفس سرعة تخيلهم للجديد”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life


“Love points the way, empties you of the stuff of life, carries you at last to the mystery of creation.”
― Orhan Pamuk, quote from The New Life



About the author

Orhan Pamuk
Born place: in Istanbul, Turkey
Born date June 7, 1952
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