Orhan Pamuk quote — “... when a good poet is confronted with difficult facts that he knows …”

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... when a good poet is confronted with difficult facts that he knows to be true but also are inimical to poetry, he has no choice but to flee to the margins; it was... this very retreat that allowed him to hear the hidden music that is the source of all art.

Orhan Pamuk Snow poets

Orhan Pamuk art poetry

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