Quotes by Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country

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“Why is it when we were kids we looked up at the stars... But now they seem to be looking down on us...?”

“Before we're born we've all of us been dead for millions of years...but we're always afraid of going back...”

“Identity was just a box people liked to put themselves in, a mast to tether to in a storm, a security blanket.”

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“Rome and New York were impressive, but they knew they were. They had the beauty of a vain woman who had squeezed herself into her favourite dress after hours of careful self worship. There was a ra...”
— Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country
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“Before we're born we've all of us been dead for millions of years...but we're always afraid of going back...”
— Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country
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“Identity was a liquid state, ever interchangeable, and adaptable to its surroundings... It was better to not have favourites - a snake didn't mourn when it had to shed its skin.”
— Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country
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“Village life gently swirled around them, with the perpetual ebb and flow of people, scurrying in every direction. The village was a living, organic entity, with blood flowing through its veins, and...”
— Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country
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“Identity was just a box people liked to put themselves in, a mast to tether to in a storm, a security blanket.”
— Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country
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“Why is it when we were kids we looked up at the stars... But now they seem to be looking down on us...?”
— Leonardo Donofrio, Old Country
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