Reading Notes: My Name Is Red

Orhan Pamuk

"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."

"... if a lover's face survives emblazoned on your heart, the world is still your home."

"Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight."

"... the world itself is ecstasy to those who truly see."

"... beauty is the eye discovering in our world what the mind already knows."

"The beauty and mystery of this world only emerges through affection, attention, interest and compassion."

"To paint is to remember."