Athena

“Non ci hanno insegnato a dare i nomi alle cose, perché quando cominci a nominare gli eventi, le violenze, le manipolazioni, poi rischi di compiere un passo terribile e temuto: aprire gli occhi.”
― Valeria Fonte, Ne uccide più la lingua: Smontare e contestare la discriminazione di genere che passa per le parole

“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”
― Umberto Eco

“I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.”
― Jo Walton, Among Others

“Essere sopravvissuta a una simile sofferenza senza per questo essere diventata una persona dal cuore di pietra era indice di una forza eccezionale.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Le livre des sœurs