The reading of a book

Many times the reading of a book has made the fortune of the man-has decided his way of life.

In molte occasioni la lettura di un libro ha fatto la fortuna di un uomo, decidendo il corso della sua vita.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Kushiel's Avatar

Love. Only love. And if that is not enough, Elua help us all.

(Pagina 52)

Welcome to Night Vale, episode 49 - Old Oak Doors

Think back, look forward, listen timelessly. Welcome to Night Vale.

Anne of Avonlea

“I’m nervous about a good many things,” said Anne, “but I don’t think there is much fear that I won’t be able to talk.”
And, to do her justice, there wasn’t.
(Pagina 413)

Memoirs of a Geisha

We don’t become geisha so our lives will be satisfying. We become geisha because we have no other choice.
Mameha

Memoriae divi morituri

I shall be what I have always
been.
Fire.
(Pagina 20)

Appointment with Death

Poirot: I am interested in everything!
Colonel Carbury: Yes. That’s the only way to react to life.

Jurassic Park

Sattler: So, what are you thinkin’?
Grant: That we’re out of the job.
Malcolm: Don’t you mean extinct?

Sattler: Allora, a che stai pensando?
Grant: Penso che siamo senza lavoro.
Malcolm: Non volevi dire estinti?

Gandhi on Life

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

Vivi come se dovessi morire domani. Impara come se dovessi vivere per sempre.

Mahatma Gandhi

Welcome to Night Vale, episode 35 - Lazy Day

No one has seen the trees this week. Hopefully they'll come back soon. Welcome to Night Vale.

Nessuno ha visto gli alberi questa settimana. Speriamo che tornino presto. Benvenuti a Night Vale.

Welcome to Night Vale, episode 34 - A Beautiful Dream

Life is like a box of chocolates. Unopened. Dusty. And beginning to attract a lot of insects. Welcome to Night Vale.

La vita è come una scatola di cioccolatini. Chiusa. Impolverata. E che inizia ad attirare un sacco di insetti. Benvenuti a Night Vale.

A cosa serve la letteratura?

In the best books, it’s as if the writer knows us better than we know ourselves.

Nei libri migliori, è come se lo scrittore ci conoscesse meglio di noi stessi.

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Literature is a tool to help us live and die with a little more wisdom, goodness and sanity.

La letteratura è uno strumento che ci aiuta a vivere e a morire con un po' più di saggezza, bontà e buonsenso.

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L'apprendista libraio

Doctor Strange

The Ancient One: Arrogance and fear still keep you from learning the simplest and most significant lesson of all.
Strange: Which is?
The Ancient One: It’s not about you.

Antico: L’arroganza e la paura continuano ad impedirti la lezione più semplice e significativa.
Strange: Cioè?
Antico: Non gira tutto intorno a te.

A Murder is Announced (Un delitto avrà luogo)

A murder is announced and will take place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m. Friends please accept this, the only intimation.

Un delitto avrà luogo venerdì 29 ottobre alle 18,30 a Little Paddocks. Si pregano gli amici di voler prendere nota di questo avvertimento che non sarà più ripetuto.

(Pagina 5)

Daria

There is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza.

Rhapsody of a Windy Night

“[…] The bed is open; the tooth-brush hangs on the wall,
Put your shoes at the door, sleep, prepare for life.”
The last twist of the knife.

Portrait of a Lady

“Yet with these April sunsets, that somehow recall
My buried life, and Paris in the Spring,
I feel immeasurably at peace, and find the world
To be wonderful and youthful, after all.”

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

There will be time, there will be time
[…]
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea.

Life’s a Show

Life’s a Show

Dalla serie TV Buffy the Vampire Slayer, episodio 6.07 "Once More, with Feeling"

Sarah Michelle Gellar - James Marsters
(Michelle Trachtenberg)

Welcome to Night Vale, episode 11 - Wheat & Wheat By-Products

Today's proverb: Today is the last day of your life, up to this point.

Proverbio di oggi: Oggi è l'ultimo giorno della tua vita, fino a questo punto.