“desire for normality; a longing to adapt to some recognized and general rule; a wish to be like everyone else, from the moment that being different meant being guilty.”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
“...обладание истиной не только позволяет, но и заставляет действовать.”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
“- Ты не можешь понять, что значит для женщины больше не быть молодой... это хуже смерти!
(Мать - Марчелло Клеричи)”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
“Giuro davanti a Dio che non toccherò mai più né i fiori, né le piante, né le lucertole.”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
“Aquella anormalidad que se traducía en su desapego, en su ausencia de la vida común? Los hombres normales no eran buenos, porque la normalidad se paga siempre, consciente o inconscientemente, a un precio muy caro, con una serie de complicidad, estupidez, vileza, cuando no precisamente de criminalidad.”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
“Se sentía completamente tranquilo, frío; si acaso, un poco triste; era una tristeza misteriosa que consideraba ya inseparable de su carácter.”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
“No era fácil distinguir la claridad del miedo. Y tal vez la mejor solución consistiría en guardar, como siempre, una actitud decorosa e impasible.”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
“Los hombres normales no eran buenos -siguió pensando- porque la normalidad se pagaba siempre, consciente o inconscientemente, a un precio muy caro y con una serie de complicidades varias, todas tan negativas; de insensibilidad, de estupidez, de vileza, cuando no derechamente de criminalidad”
― Alberto Moravia, quote from The Conformist
Alberto Moravia
Born place: in Via Sgambati, Rome, Italy
Born date November 28, 1907
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“salutaire dont l'action suppléait à l'énergie, commençait maintenant à refluer et à reprendre”
― Edgar Allan Poe, quote from Tales of Mystery and Imagination
“She looks wonderful, but she doesn't look right.”
― Angela Carter, quote from Nights at the Circus
“Kane: So, what should I do?
Helen: Are you looking for another slap on the head? Hook up that wonderful connection you now have with your mate. Go find her, explain how you feel and then have some great make-up sex!”
― Nicky Charles, quote from The Mating
“The smallest, most seemingly insignificant event is part of an intricate whole and to understand why one particular mote of dust falls in one particular path, and lands in one particular location, is to understand the will of Amaat. There is no such thing as “just a coincidence.” Nothing happens by chance, but only according to the mind of God.”
― Ann Leckie, quote from Ancillary Justice
“I don't have all the pieces to fix this beautiful, trapped, broken man, but I do have one piece and it's mine to give. For one night, for all nights. For however long he wants it. Me. Completely.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from One Tiny Lie
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