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Elena Ferrante
“...maybe, in the face of abandonment, we are all the same; maybe not even a very orderly mind can endure the discovery of not being loved.”
Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

Elena Ferrante
“I am what I am and I have to accept myself; I was born like this, in this city, with this dialect, without money; I will give what I can give, I will take what I can take, I will endure what has to be endured.”
Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

Elena Ferrante
“Not for you,” Lila replies ardently, “you’re my brilliant friend, you have to be the best of all, boys and girls.”
Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante
“There is a poverty that makes us all cruel.”
Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

Elena Ferrante
“Was it possible? She had taken me with her hoping that as a punishment my parents would not send me to middle school? Or had she brought me back in such a hurry so that I would avoid punishment? Or - I wonder today - did she want at different moments both things?”
Elena Ferrante, My Brilliant Friend

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