Quotes from The Conformist

“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

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