"... he was one of those men who like to be observers at their own lives ... such people observe their destiny much as most people tend to observe a rainy day."

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Source : Alessandro Baricco (1998). “Silk”, Vintage

Alessandro Baricco

#Rainy Day Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Men Quotes

“Every song asks to be sung in a different way.”
“The House looks like more fun. It's like the Donahue show. The Senate is like one of those Sunday morning public service programs.”
“The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed.”
“Intellect alone is a dry and rattling thing.”
“Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the first few hundred years.”
“I definitely was attracted to similar things in punk and science. They both depend on a healthy dose of skepticism.”
“I try to use the Australian idiom to its maximum advantage.”
“I find the world and all it contains extremely fascinating. Is this sinful?”

Source : Robert Silverberg (2004). “Phases of the Moon: Stories of Six Decades”, Subterranean

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