Orhan Pamuk Quote

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.

The Museum of Innocence (ed. 2011)