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“The hunger of imagination, the desire and pursuit of the whole, take origin from the realization that something is missing, from awareness of incompleteness.”
― Solitude: A Return to the Self
― Solitude: A Return to the Self
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It ia a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations.”
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I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no ‘brief candle’ to me. It ia a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations.”
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“Late Fragment
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.”
― A New Path to the Waterfall
And did you get what
you wanted from this life, even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.”
― A New Path to the Waterfall
“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
― The Once and Future King
― The Once and Future King
“A me, il mare ha invaso l’infanzia come invade le spiagge della riviera francese, nelle notti di luna. Sono venuto su con questo spettacolo negli occhi. Allaga ancora adesso ogni ricordo e lo riduce a una finestra spalancata. Lo spazio deserto, il limite che non si può misurare. Il mare ti insegna a fissare il vuoto.
È la terra che io non so guardare: il profilo morbido delle colline, l’ostacolo di una montagna, l’aria rassicurante delle città. Ho bisogno sempre di avere un orizzonte di fronte, ma questa necessità mi espone a molte insidie. Vorrei poter imparare che il paesaggio più necessario è quello dove si fermano le cose, e si possono toccare. Avere l’appiglio contadino di un oggetto, l’ombra di una presenza intorno. E invece ho nella testa sempre questo gioco di correnti, questa esagerazione di sogni e di incubi, tra l’aiuto degli dei e le orche assassine.” (Fabio Stassi, “La lettrice scomparsa”)”
― La lettrice scomparsa
È la terra che io non so guardare: il profilo morbido delle colline, l’ostacolo di una montagna, l’aria rassicurante delle città. Ho bisogno sempre di avere un orizzonte di fronte, ma questa necessità mi espone a molte insidie. Vorrei poter imparare che il paesaggio più necessario è quello dove si fermano le cose, e si possono toccare. Avere l’appiglio contadino di un oggetto, l’ombra di una presenza intorno. E invece ho nella testa sempre questo gioco di correnti, questa esagerazione di sogni e di incubi, tra l’aiuto degli dei e le orche assassine.” (Fabio Stassi, “La lettrice scomparsa”)”
― La lettrice scomparsa
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