"... I spend my life near a river, on the european side, in the houses overlooking the other side, ... another world. Staying close to the water, watching the opposite bank, the other continent, constantly reminded me of my place in the world, and it was good. And then, one day, we built a bridge connecting the two shores. When I climbed on that bridge and looked at the landscape, I understood that it was better, even more beautilful to see both sides at the same time. I realized that it was better to be a bridge between two shores. Linked to both sides without belonging entirely to one or the other revealed the most beautiful landscape. ..."
Orhan Pamuk