"Painting taught literature to describe."

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Orhan Pamuk

#Taught Quotes #Literature Quotes #Painting Quotes

“To be an ideal guest, stay at home.”
“September knew a number of curse words, most of which she heard the girls at school saying in the bathrooms, in hushed voices, as if the words could make things happen just by being spoken, as if they were fairy words, and had to be handled just so.”
“Don't let go too soon, but don't hold on too long.”
“As a matter of principle, humanity is precarious: each person can only believe what he recognizes to be true internally and, at the same time, nobody thinks or makes up his mind without already being caught up in certain relationships with others, which leads him to opt for a particular set of opinions.”
“America's companies are built to destroy creativity.”
“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
“It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.”
“February... Bending from Heaven, in azure mirth, It kissed the forehead of the Earth, And smiled upon the silent sea, And bade the frozen streams be free, And waked to music all their fountains, And breathed upon the frozen mountains...”

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