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Vivere, in fondo, non è che una serie di storie che si chiudono e si aprono, un continuo stringere la presa e lasciar andare. Una catena infinita di incontri e addii.
“How about if I sleep a little bit longer and forget all this nonsense",”
― Metamorphosis
― Metamorphosis
“Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are all noble pursuits, and
necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
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necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.”
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“A loser doesn’t know what he’ll do if he loses but talks about what he’ll do if he wins and a winner doesn’t talk about what he’ll do if he wins but knows what he’ll do if he loses.”
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“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.”
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
“We do not think that taxation is the solution to rent-seeking; the right way to stop thieves is to stop them from stealing, not to raise their taxes.”
― Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
― Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Alessandro’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alessandro’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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