May 2011
The basis of the self is not thought but suffering, which is the most...
– Milan Kundera, Immortality (divakoza)
..she covered her eyes with her hands and cried, tears seeped between her...
– Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (arsvitaest)
‘I’ve been here for years,’ shrieked the creature angrily. ‘But you are too...
– Leonora Carrington, The Seventh Horse (_)
Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
– Jean-Paul Sartre (clavicola)
Sometimes, I feel like I’m not solid. I’m hollow; there’s nothing behind my...
– Sylvia Plath (sedna, iamcold)
Our bodies are given life from midst of nothingness. Existing where there is...
– Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure
L’inferno dei viventi è quello che è già qui, che abitiamo tutti i giorni,...
– Italo Calvino, Le città invisibili
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels,...
– William Blake, A Vision of the Last Judgement
My love, I fear the silence of your hands.
– Mahmoud Darwish (indigenousdialogues)
E poi non sapevo più cosa guardare e guardai il cielo.
– Italo Calvino, Gli amori difficili (v)
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive...
– Simone Weil
How the hell did I survive ANY year? You just do it. You force yourself to get...
– Elizabeth Taylor (rememo)
Soprattutto quando ero bambino, la noia assumeva forme del tutto oscure a me...
– Alberto Moravia, La noia, 1960