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Satantango
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Il dottore conosceva da lungo tempo la cucina della signora Kráner, si ricordava fin troppo bene di quel buco stretto e sempre troppo riscaldato, e sapeva anche che quel genere di tane afose e puzzolenti erano un vivaio per i progetti
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“Un libro dev'essere un'ascia per il mare ghiacciato che è dentro di noi.”
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“Also, Willie, I dig telling the truth. Words can be twisted but a photo never lies.
Sutton laughs.
What’s funny? Photographer says.
Nothing. Except—that’s pure horseshit kid. I can’t think of anything that lies more than a photo. In fact every photo is a dirty stinking lie because it’s a frozen moment—and time can’t be frozen. Some of the biggest lies I’ve ever run across have been photos. Some of them were of me.”
― Sutton
Sutton laughs.
What’s funny? Photographer says.
Nothing. Except—that’s pure horseshit kid. I can’t think of anything that lies more than a photo. In fact every photo is a dirty stinking lie because it’s a frozen moment—and time can’t be frozen. Some of the biggest lies I’ve ever run across have been photos. Some of them were of me.”
― Sutton
“The proof of the pudding is the eating.”
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“Did you know Socrates said we love whatever we lack? Or think we lack? Socrates? If you feel stupid, you'll fall for someone brainy. If you feel ugly, you'll flip your lid for someone who's easy on the eyes.”
― Sutton
― Sutton
“Those who assert that the mathematical sciences say nothing of the beautiful or the good are in error. For these sciences say and prove a great deal about them; if they do not expressly mention them, but prove attributes which are their results or definitions, it is not true that they tell us nothing about them. The chief forms of beauty are order and symmetry and definiteness, which the mathematical sciences demonstrate in a special degree.”
― Metaphysics
― Metaphysics
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