I have been reading novels for forty years. I know there are many stances we can adopt towards a novel, many ways in which we commit our mind and soul to it, treating it lightly or seriously. And in just the same manner, I have learned by experience that there are many ways to read a novel. We read sometimes logically, sometimes with our eyes, sometimes with imagination, sometimes the way we want to, sometimes the way the book wants us to and sometimes with every fiber of our being.

- Orhan Pamuk, The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist.