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60 years breaking our brains with Postmodernism, thinking ourselves very clever, and it seems that in 1850 they were already doing it without so much noise.

“Ci sono solo due specie di aria che noi possiamo respirare: quella del paradiso e quella della vergogna”

“Non ho interessi letterari, ma sono fatto di letteratura, non sono altro e non posso essere altro”

Just Zola can make a romantic scene in which hands interlace in minced meat and make it actually romantic

This is MADNESS

Nouveau venu, qui cherches Rome en Rome
Et rien de Rome en Rome n'aperçois,
Ces vieux palais, ces vieux arcs que tu vois,
Et ces vieux murs, c'est ce que Rome on nomme.

Vois quel orgueil, quelle ruine : et comme
Celle qui mit le monde sous ses lois,
Pour dompter tout, se dompta quelquefois,
Et devint proie au temps, qui tout consomme.

For the rest of 2025 only reading poetry

My former account dissatisfied mysteriously, so now I have the exciting opportunity of reinventing myself by reading again my favorite books!