Quotes from I'll Steal You Away

Niccolò Ammaniti ·  416 pages

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“Even the most difficult things which you think you'll never get over you do get over, and in a trice you find they're behind you and you have to go on. New things await you.”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“Questo ti volevo dire. Ho rotto il nostro patto ma forse é stato meglio così. Ora basta però, non ti voglio rattristare. Mia madre mi ha detto che sei bellissima e io lo sapevo. Quando eravamo piccoli ero sicuro che saresti diventata miss Italia. P.s. Preparati, che quando passo da Bologna ti prendo e ti porto via.”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“La cosa, si disse, sarebbe passata perché nella vita le cose passano sempre, come in un fiume. Anche quelle difficili che ti sembra impossibile superare, le superi, e in un attimo te le trovi alle spalle. Devi andare avanti. Ti aspettano cose nuove.”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“Je moet begrijpen dat mensen niet gemaakt zijn om zichzelf toon te stellen, maar om een ruimte te vinden waarin ze in harmonie met de hemel en de aarde kunnen leven.”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“كان سعيدًا كقطعة من اللحم في صلصة الطماطم”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away



“Je zult zien, je zult zien, ooit wordt alles anders, morgen nog niet misschien, maar ooit wordt alles anders. Je zult zien, je zult zien, het is nog niet voorbij. Ik weet niet hoe en ik weet niet waar, maar je zult zien, ooit wordt alles anders.”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“Je moet die mensen die zeggen dat je je de pleuris moet werken om de goede dingen van het leven te kunnen waarderen, niet geloven. Dat is niet waar. Die willen je naaien. Genot is een religie en het lichaam is de tempel.”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“لا بد أن الشجاعة هي ما تنقصني لإيذاء الآخرين”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“تذكر جيدًا أول قاعدة في الحياة: تعلم أن تتحمل عبء ذنوبك. هل فهمت؟”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away


“Il piacere è una religione e il corpo è il suo tempio.”
― Niccolò Ammaniti, quote from I'll Steal You Away



About the author

Niccolò Ammaniti
Born place: in Roma, Italy
Born date September 25, 1966
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