A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses u — Orhan Pamuk
A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses u — Orhan Pamuk
A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses u — Orhan Pamuk
A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses u — Orhan Pamuk
A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses u — Orhan Pamuk
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A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses us not by his demonic and romantic vision, but by his patience.

— Orhan Pamuk
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