The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.

Quote by Italo Calvino

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It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to...

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to...

The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing...

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing...

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the...

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the...

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities...

The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities...

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places...

Traveling, you realize that differences are lost: each city takes to resembling all cities, places...

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one...

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one...