“And also don’t forget, the reason opportunity is often missed is that it usually comes disguised as hard work.”
― Trial
― Trial
“Quanto a Emma, evitava di domandarsi se lo amasse. Era convinta che l'amore dovesse arrivare di colpo, accompagnato da luci e fragori, simile a un uragano celeste che piomba sulla vita, la sconvolge, travolgendo la volontà come foglie secche, e trascina ogni sentimento nell'abisso. Non sapeva che la pioggia a goccia a goccia crea laghetti sulle terrazze delle case, quando le grondaie sono otturate, e avrebbe continuato a credersi al sicuro se d'improvviso non avesse scoperto una falla nelle sue difese.”
― Madame Bovary
― Madame Bovary
“There is a German word, Sehnsucht, which has no English equivalent; it means 'the longing for something'. It has Romantic and mystical connotations; C.S. Lewis defined it as the 'inconsolable longing' in the human heart for 'we know not what'. It seems rather German to be able to specify the unspecifiable. The longing for something - or, in our case, for someone.”
― Levels of Life
― Levels of Life
“Everything is connected, even the parts we don’t like, especially the parts we don’t like.”
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
― A History of the World in 10½ Chapters
“If you’re that clever you can argue yourself into anything.”
― The Sense of an Ending
― The Sense of an Ending
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