It was the
happiest moment of my life, though I didn’t know it. Had I known, had I
cherished this gift, would everything have turned out differently? Yes, if I
had recognized this instant of perfect happiness, I would have held it fast and
never let it slip away.
Whatever anybody
says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.
Y esta no es de orhan pamuk, pero esta escrita en las primeras páginas del libro:
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if,when you awoke,you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge