I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city. - Orhan Pamuk

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An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.

Orhan Pamuk

I want to describe the psychological state of the people in a certain city.

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The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion. . . open your eyes wide and actually see this world by attending to its colors, details and irony.

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Before my birth there was infinite time, and after my death, inexhaustible time. I never thought of it before: I'd been living luminously between two eternities of darkness.

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Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

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