“Toltosi il berretto, la salutò profondamente come una principessa e se n'andò col cuore oppresso; doveva lasciarla perire. Rimase a lungo turbato, non aveva voglia di parlare con nessuno. Per quanto poco si assomigliassero, quella fiera e povera israelita gli ricordava in certo modo Lidia, la figlia del cavaliere. Amare donne come quelle era fonte di dolore. Ma per qualche tempo gli parve di non aver mai amato altre che queste due, la povera, inquieta Lidia e l'ombrosa, amara israelita.”
― Narcissus and Goldmund
― Narcissus and Goldmund
“No one expected me. Everything awaited me.”
― Just Kids
― Just Kids
“What are reason and sobriety without the knowledge of intoxication?”
― Narcissus and Goldmund
― Narcissus and Goldmund
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