The collected quotations from Orhan Pamuk’s The New Life, which I reviewed here.
"I read a book one day and my whole life was changed." #TheNewLife
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 5, 2015
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It was with dread…I became aware of the complete transformation of the world around me, & I was overtaken by a feeling of loneliness #TNL
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 5, 2015
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"I fastened onto the book even more intensely in the face of the helplessness brought on by the feeling of isolation" #TheNewLife
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 5, 2015
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"I was afraid of the sorts of things a fool like me might well end up doing, such as misunderstanding the book [or] being shallow" #TNL
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 5, 2015
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"Gutenberg…reproduced words in a manner that outstripped production of the industrious hand, the patient finger, the fastidious pen" #TNL
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 7, 2015
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"And words, words, words broke loose like a strand of beads and scattered far and yonder." #TheNewLife
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 7, 2015
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"Miserable losers that we were it was obvious that we had lost the gamble called history" 1/2 #TheNewLife
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 7, 2015
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"Now we were reduced to bombing each other for centuries to come, hoping to convince ourselves we are winners." 2/2 #TheNewLife
— Joshua Nudell (@jpnudell) September 7, 2015
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Previously in this series, Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Noodlings 