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“Ci sono due maniere di vivere, decise alla fine. Puoi essere ricco, o puoi deliberatamente rifiutarti di essere ricco. Puoi possedere denaro, o puoi disprezzarlo; la sola cosa fatale è adorare il denaro e non riuscire ad accumularne.”
― Orwell George, Keep the Aspidistra Flying

“Roberta Raggianti forse non ne sapeva molto sulla pazzia, ma di certo sapeva come recuperare una cosa che sembrava rovinata, come una salsa impazzita o un soufflé sgonfio. Credeva fosse possibile riparare la mente devastata del signor Di Maggio, se solo lui avesse capito di non essere da solo e si fosse ricordato chi era.”
― J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

“La scienza, ragazzo mio, si fonda sugli errori, errori che è bene commettere perchè conducono alla verità.”
― Jules Verne

“I wasn't good at pretending, that was the thing. After what had happened in that burning house, given what went on there, I could see no point in being anything other than truthful with the world. I had, literally, nothing left to lose. But, by careful observation from the sidelines, I'd worked out that social success is often built on pretending just a little. Popular people sometimes have to laugh at things they don't find very funny, or do things they don't particularly want to, with people whose company they don't particularly enjoy. Not me. I had decided, years ago, that if the choice was between that or flying solo, then I'd fly solo. It was safer that way. Grief is the price we pay for love, so they say. The price is far too high.”
― Gail Honeyman, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine