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"Zia June lavorava giorno e notte, e in piú ci portava in giro, e siccome ero un bambino non ci facevo tanto caso, finché una sera non tornò tardissimo, o forse era mattina presto. Ero sveglio, ma non volevo spaventarla dicendo qualcosa. Dopo un po’
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“Ci sono diecimila modi per contemplare la luna, e tutti sono stati celebrati. Luna d'inverno che illumina un paesaggio nevoso. Luna che disegna a terra l'ombra leggera di una spalliera di glicini. Luna di lago, contemplata da un piccolo belvedere privilegiato; chi sogna, chi recita un frammento di dramma antico, e al ritmo dei versi il tuo riflesso danza fra i gigli acquatici.
Luna solenne che ti inquadri nel portico di un tempio, fra la campana e la sua corda pendente. La si guarda appoggiati a una colonna, e si pensa. Tu fai vivere la campana e le infinite lanterne sospese alla volta.”
― L'onorevole gita in campagna
Luna solenne che ti inquadri nel portico di un tempio, fra la campana e la sua corda pendente. La si guarda appoggiati a una colonna, e si pensa. Tu fai vivere la campana e le infinite lanterne sospese alla volta.”
― L'onorevole gita in campagna
“Tell me what I must slay, what I must steal, tell me the riddle I must solve or the hag I must trick. Only tell me the way, and I will do it, no matter the danger, no matter the hardship, no matter the cost.”
― The Queen of Nothing
― The Queen of Nothing
“I’ll follow you; I’ll lead you about a round,
Through bog, through bush, through brake, through
brier;
Sometime a horse I’ll be, sometime a hound,
A hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire;
And neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar, and burn,
Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Through bog, through bush, through brake, through
brier;
Sometime a horse I’ll be, sometime a hound,
A hog, a headless bear, sometime a fire;
And neigh, and bark, and grunt, and roar, and burn,
Like horse, hound, hog, bear, fire, at every turn.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“Hugh?" Logan said, tearing his eyes away from the scene in front of them.
Chief Inspector Pickering turned, a half-smile playing across his face. "Yes?"
"Gonnae shut the fuck up?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Seriously. If you are not muttering to yourself, you're making clicking noises with your tongue, or tapping your teeth, or some other bloody thing. Even your breathing is annoying me. I'm trying to concentrate here, and all I'm getting is-" Logan inhaled and exhaled deeply like he was trying to stop himself from hyperventilating. "It's like getting a dirty phone call from Darth Vader.”
― Blood and Treachery
Chief Inspector Pickering turned, a half-smile playing across his face. "Yes?"
"Gonnae shut the fuck up?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Seriously. If you are not muttering to yourself, you're making clicking noises with your tongue, or tapping your teeth, or some other bloody thing. Even your breathing is annoying me. I'm trying to concentrate here, and all I'm getting is-" Logan inhaled and exhaled deeply like he was trying to stop himself from hyperventilating. "It's like getting a dirty phone call from Darth Vader.”
― Blood and Treachery
“Be kind and corteous to this gentleman;
Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes;
Feed him with apricocks and dewberries,
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
The honey bags steal from the humble-bees,
And for night-tapers crop their waxen tights,
And light them at the fiery glow-worm’s eyes,
To have my love to bed and to arise;
And pluck the wings from painted butterflies,
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.
Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Hop in his walks and gambol in his eyes;
Feed him with apricocks and dewberries,
With purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries;
The honey bags steal from the humble-bees,
And for night-tapers crop their waxen tights,
And light them at the fiery glow-worm’s eyes,
To have my love to bed and to arise;
And pluck the wings from painted butterflies,
To fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.
Nod to him, elves, and do him courtesies.”
― A Midsummer Night’s Dream
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