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“It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

“In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.”
― Thomas Mann

“Reading is like thinking, like praying, like talking to a friend, like expressing your ideas, like listening to other people's ideas, like listening to music, like looking at the view, like taking a walk on the beach.”
― Roberto Bolaño, 2666

“Without language, thought is a vague, uncharted nebula.”
― Ferdinand de Saussure, Course in General Linguistics

“Tu sai come trasformare la paura in energia .... Sei in grado di affrontare anche un uomo senza ombra. Perché più o meno è questo che mi è successo. Non ho consistenza, sono vuoto, non ho niente dentro di me.”
― Melania G. Mazzucco, Limbo

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“You love me. Real or not real?"
I tell him, "Real.”
― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay

“However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there's life, there's hope.”
― Stephen Hawking