What is love?”

"What is love?”
“I don’t know.

— “Love is the name given to the bond Kemal feels with Füsun whenever they travel along highways or sidewalks; visit houses, gardens, or rooms; or whenever he watches her sitting in tea gardens and restaurants, and at dinner tables.”
“Hmmm … that’s a lovely answer,
~ But isn’t love what you feel when you can’t see me?”
“Under those circumstances,
it becomes a terrible obsession, an illness.”