Orhan Pamuk Quotes About Identity

• Most of the time it's not the Europeans who belittle us. What happens when we look at them is that we belittle ourselves. When we undertake the pilgrimage, it's not just to escape the tyranny at home but also to reach to the depths of our souls. The day arrives when the guilty must return to save those who could not find the courage to leave.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Home, Soul, Identity

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “Snow”, p.75, Faber & Faber

• Where there is true art and genuine virtuosity the artist can paint an incomparable masterpiece without leaving even a trace of his identity.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Art, Leaving, Identity

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “My Name Is Red”, p.22, Faber & Faber

• My childhood proved to me that there could be no enjoyment of football without community. But it becomes difficult when this community is having problems with its identity. That's when we experience all possible forms of nationalist exaggeration.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Football, Childhood, Community

  Fuente: www.spiegel.de

• 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 be a different Europe then. Accepting Turkey into the EU is an ambitious political endeavor of historical proportions. Europe would become a strong, multi-religious unit.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Religious, Strong, Europe

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