«The disarray in which he had always left his books, scattered around or piled up here and there on chairs, on the floor, on the coffee tables or on the shelves, now made him despair. So many times, he had vowed to tidy up that […]
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«What he was doing in life was unknown. Perhaps he didn’t even know himself. He was simply there… He probably didn’t even suspect that one could live differently or that, by living differently, one could feel less the weight of boredom and sadness.» In Italiano – […]
«In ecstasy, he fell back so that he sat on his load, in front of the hole. There she was, there she was, the Moon… The Moon was there! The Moon! And without realizing it, without wanting to, Ciàula began to weep, from the great […]
«Ah, if that bat hadn’t been there! But there it was! There it was! The audience wasn’t aware of it, all focused on the performance; but there it was, as if, deliberately, it had taken aim at Gàstina, now, precisely her, who, poor thing, was […]
«”Why then,” continued the fat man, “should we consider the feelings of our children when they are twenty? Isn’t it natural that at their age they should consider the love for their Country (I am speaking of decent boys, of course) even greater than the […]
«It seemed that his blinders had suddenly fallen off, and in a moment the spectacle of life opened wide all around him.. It was as if his ears had suddenly become unblocked, allowing him to perceive for the first time voices and sounds he had […]
«Yes, sir. Because you do not believe in my power! But luckily others do, don’t you know? Everyone, everyone believes in it! And there are lots of gambling houses in town! All I will have to do is show up – no need to say […]
«He was an old, crooked man, with twisted, knotty joints, like an ancient Saracen olive stump. It took a hook to get a word out of him. A sullenness, or sadness rooted in that deformed body; or perhaps a distrust that no one could truly […]