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“It looked as though [the stars] were breathing to some never-ending slow, deep rhythm. They breathed & watched as the world came & went. ...For them, the earth was one more island world in the imme...”
“Fear transforms your body like an inept sculptor does a perfect block of stone...It's just that you're chipped away at from within, and no one sees how many splinters and layers have been taken off...”
“Time. It rubs the rough edges that hurt us smooth.”
“Hey, Salvo," asked Max when they had almost fallen asleep. "May I write your story?""Don't you dare, amico" was Salvatore's reply. "Kindly come up with your own storia, young Massimo. If you take m...”
“I have already lived long enough, Manon had written in late autumn, on an autumn day like today. I have lived and loved, I have had the best of this world. Why cry over the ending? Why cling to wha...”
“Books arent eggs, you know. Simply because a book has aged a bit doesnt mean its gone bad. There was now an edge to Monsieur Perdus voice too. What is wrong with old? Age isnt a disease. We all gro...”
“All right," she said. "Give me the books that are kind to me, and to hell with the men who don't give a damn about me.”
“A surprise visit? That's so romantic...but fairly risky." "If you don't take any risks, life will bass you by," Cunco shipped in.”
“Asking questions is an art.”
“Tango is a truth drug. It lays bare your problems and your complexes, but also the strengths you hide from others so as not to vex them. It shows what a couple can be for each other, how they can l...”
“Often it’s not we who shape words, but the words we use that shape us.”
“Books aren’t eggs, you know. Simply because a book has aged a bit doesn’t mean it’s gone bad.” There was now an edge to Monsieur Perdu’s voice too. “What is wrong with old? Age isn’t a disease. We ...”
