“Life is a banquet and most poor bastards are starving to death!”
― Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
― Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
“La guardavo dalla finestra, sentivo che la sua forma precedente s'era rotta e ripensavo a quel brano bellissimo della lettera, al rame crepato e accartocciato. Era un'immagine che ormai utilizzavo di continuo, ogni volta che avvertivo una frattura dentro di lei o dentro di me. Sapevo - forse speravo - che nessuna forma avrebbe mai potuto contenere Lila e che presto o tardi avrebbe spaccato tutto un'altra volta.”
― My Brilliant Friend
― My Brilliant Friend
“And there is another thing he has in mind
like a grave Sienese face a thousand years
would fail to blur the still profiled reproach of. Ghastly,
with open eyes, he attends, blind.
All the bells say: too late. This is not for tears;
thinking.”
― The Dream Songs
like a grave Sienese face a thousand years
would fail to blur the still profiled reproach of. Ghastly,
with open eyes, he attends, blind.
All the bells say: too late. This is not for tears;
thinking.”
― The Dream Songs
“Adesso che son qui, ad analizzarmi, sono colto da un dubbio: che io forse abbia amato tanto la sigaretta per poter riversare su di essa la colpa della mia incapacità?”
― La coscienza di Zeno
― La coscienza di Zeno
“You said, Beauty is only that which is intense, has a vibrant energy.
You said, This thing we call life mustn't ever become something endured.”
― Greek Lessons
You said, This thing we call life mustn't ever become something endured.”
― Greek Lessons
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