Alba Morera

“È uno strano dolore... morire di nostalgia per qualcosa che non vivrai mai.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Silk

“For the eternity that Lux Lisbon looked at him, Trip Fontaine looked back, and the love he felt at that moment, truer than all subsequent loves because it never had to survive real life, still plagued him, even now in the desert, with his looks and health wasted. 'You never know what'll set the memory off,' he told us. 'A baby's face. A bell on a cat's collar. Anything.'

They didn't exchange a single word. But in the weeks that followed, Trip spent his days wandering the halls, hoping for Lux to appear, the most naked person with clothes on he had ever seen.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, The Virgin Suicides

“The only time a man can be brave is when he is afraid.”
― George R.R. Martin

“Per mille volte cercò gli occhi di lei, e per mille volte lei trovò i suoi.”
― Alessandro Baricco, Silk