“E poi amavo la scrittura di chi ti fa affacciare da ogni rigo per guardare di sotto e sentire la vertigine della profondità, la nerezza dell'inferno.”
― The Days of Abandonment
― The Days of Abandonment
“There remained only rare periods of
amorousness that came over the spouses, but they did not last long.
These were islands that they would land on temporarily, but then they
would put out again to the sea of concealed enmity that expressed itself
in estrangement from each other.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
amorousness that came over the spouses, but they did not last long.
These were islands that they would land on temporarily, but then they
would put out again to the sea of concealed enmity that expressed itself
in estrangement from each other.”
― The Death of Ivan Ilych
“Il cane se ne era andato attraverso uno strappo nella rete degli eventi. Ne lasciamo tanti, lacerazioni dell'incuria quando mettiamo insieme causa ed effetto. L'essenziale è che la corda, l'intreccio che ora mi reggeva, tenesse.”
― The Days of Abandonment
― The Days of Abandonment
“Mi ero accorta da tempo che ognuno si organizza la memoria come gli conviene, tuttora mi sorprendo a farlo anch'io”
― The Story of the Lost Child
― The Story of the Lost Child
“Voleva dire che avevamo vissuto ora un frammento piccolo di un giorno che apparteneva a vent'anni prima.”
― The Story of the Lost Child
― The Story of the Lost Child
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