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Antoine Laurain
“That was exactly what Tabucchi was suggesting with his title ("La Nostalgie du Possible") --that we can pass right by something very important: love, a job, moving to another city or another country. Or another life. 'Pass by' and at the same time be 'so close' that sometimes, while in that state of melancholy that is akin to hypnosis, we can, in spite of everything, manage to grab little fragments of what might have been. Like catching snatches of a far-off radio frequency. The message is obscure, yet by listening carefully you can still catch snippets of the soundtrack of the life that never was. You hear sentences that were never actually said, you hear footsteps echoing in places you've never been to, you can make out the surf on a beach whose sand you have never touched. You hear the laughter and loving words of a woman though nothing ever happened between you. The idea of an affiar with her had crossed your mind. Perhaps she would have liked that --probably, in fact-- but nothing every happened. For some unknown reason, we never gave in to the exquisite vertigo that you feel when you move those few centimeters towards the face of the other for the first kiss.”
Antoine Laurain, The Red Notebook

Antoine Laurain
“To quote Patrick Modiano, whom you you seem to like, in Villa Triste, 'There are mysterious beings, always the same, who watch over us at each crossroads in our lives.' Let's just say that, unintentionally, I have been one of those beings.”
Antoine Laurain, The Red Notebook

Antoine Laurain
“A quote from Sacha Guitry came to mind: 'Watching someone sleep is like reading a letter that is not addressed to you.”
Antoine Laurain, The Red Notebook

Antoine Laurain
“There, it was over. How was it so easy to disappear from someone else’s life? Perhaps it was with the same ease that you enter it. A chance meeting, a few words exchanged, and a relationship begins. A chance falling out, a few words exchanged and that same relationship is over.”
Antoine Laurain, The Red Notebook

Alice Basso
“Ci sorridiamo. Ci sorridiamo un sacco e a lungo. È una fortuna che siamo da soli. Gli innamorati hanno bisogno di privacy per molte più ragioni di quanto si creda. Il sesso non è la più sconcia delle cose che non vanno fatte in pubblico. Ci sono gli sguardi e i sorrisi, le parole in codice, i giochi, le carezze a tempo perso: tutta roba che, a vederla da fuori, ottiene l’unico e immancabile risultato di farti sembrare un cretino. Gli innamorati hanno bisogno di stare soli per guardarsi come stiamo facendo in questo esatto momento io e il commissario e potersi concedere di essere ridicoli senza che nessuno gli rompa i coglioni.”
Alice Basso, La scrittrice del mistero

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