“Love is the ability to make the invisible visible and the desire always to feel the invisible in one’s midst.”

“Age had not made him less handsome, as is so often the case; it had simply made him less visible.”

“Tell me then, does love make one a fool or do only fools fall in love?”

“What is love?”“I don’t know.”“Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Füsun whenever they travel along highways or sidewalks; visit houses, gardens, or rooms; or whenever he watches her sitting in tea gardens and restaurants, and at dinner tables.”“Hmmm … that’s a lovely answer,~ But isn’t love what you feel when you can’t see me?”“Under those circumstances, it becomes a terrible obsession, an illness.”

“After all, a woman who doesn't love cats is never going to be make a man happy.”

“The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time.”

“What is the thing you want most from me? What can I do to make you love me?'Be yourself,' said Ipek.”