Giulia

“That's how the past came back... not with the same characters, like in novels, but with new ones that trigger the memory of fears that haven't been expunged. And that was very dangerous. I mustn't try to forget the past, as I had thought[...]; instead I should remember it all, so I could keep it under control and use it to strengthen myself against the new experiences that surely lay in wait.”
― Goliarda Sapienza, The Art Of Joy

“Per favore, non guardi così fissamente quelle ragazzine. Vuole che tutti si accorgano che siamo preti?”
― Stefano Benni, La Compagnia dei Celestini

“Dey takes the lies dey want and throws away the truths dat scares ’em.”
― Percival Everett, James

“Je me souviens d'une interminable digression d'au moins quatre-vingts pages, dans Notre-Dame de Paris, sur le fonctionnement des institutions judiciaires au Moyen Age. J'avais trouvé ça très fort. Mais j'avais sauté le passage.”
― Laurent Binet, HHhH