Orhan Pamuk:

In the age of westernisation and rapid modernisation, the central question - not just for Turkish literature but all for literatures outside the west - is the difficulty of painting the dreams of tomorrow in the colours of today, of dreaming about a country with modern values while also embracing the pleasures of tradition.

Recently:

While almost all under 25s dream in colour, thousands of over 55s, all of whom were brought up with black and white sets, often dream in monchrome - even now.

Just now:

Roger Catt, the retired Wisconsin farmer who said that “McCain is more of the same, and Obama is the end of life as we know it,” will be voting for the end of life as we know it.

The collector