patrizia

“Tu saresti un eroe in una guerra lampo, ma in una lunga un disertore.”
― Jón Kalman Stefánsson, Crepitio di stelle

“L'innamoramento è una catastrofe esistenziale che ci coinvolge in maniera radicale anche se del tutto oscura.”
― Alberto Moravia, Vita di Moravia

“Ich habe auf Dich gewartet, sagte die Frau. Ich habe Dich nicht gekannt, aber man kann auch auf Jemanden warten, den man noch nie gesehen hat.”
― Marie Luise Kaschnitz, Eisbären

“Beyond a critical speed, no one can save time without forcing another to lose it. The man who claims a seat in a faster vehicle insists that his time is worth more than that of the passenger in a slower one. Beyond a certain velocity, passengers become consumers of other people’s time, and accelerating vehicles become the means for effecting a net transfer of life-time.”
― Ivan Illich, Energy and Equity