Fedri

“That is the thing about films. They don't change. You change. The immutability of the film (or a book or a painting or a piece of music) is something to measure yourself against. That is one of the things a great work of art does. It stays there waiting for you to come back to it, and it shows you who you are now, each time a little different.”
― Dana Spiotta, Innocents and Others

“La prima volta che mi abbracciasti, sentendo il desiderio ardente che pervadeva quel gesto, impossibile da nascondere, mi resi conto con spaventosa lucidità che il corpo umano è una cosa triste. Questo corpo pieno di parti rientranti, tenere, vulnerabili. Gli avambracci. Le ascelle. Il petto. L'inguine. Un corpo nato per abbracciare, per desiderare di abbracciare qualcuno.”
― Han Kang, Greek Lessons

“Both John and Paul were living up to Arthur Schopenhauer’s definition of genius: unlike talent, which hits a target nobody else can reach, genius hits a target nobody else can see.”
― Ian Leslie, John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs

“April 43rd 2000

Today is the day of great triumph. There is a king of Spain. He has been found at last. That king is me. I only discovered this today. Frankly, it all came to me in a flash.”
― Nikolai Gogol, Diary of a Madman and Other Stories