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“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
― Albert Camus

“Non fidatevi mai dell'artista. Fidatevi del racconto.”
― D.H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature

“«C'è chi colleziona francobolli, o scatole di fiammiferi» mi ha detto una volta. «Tu collezioni rancori».”
― Mordecai Richler, Barney's Version

“I feel I stand in a desert with my hands outstretched, and you are raining down upon me.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

“Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me, and I will defend it.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“We live as we dream--alone....”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

“Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.”
― Joan Didion