"You were dead.' She said. 'And in the whole world there was nothing beautiful left."

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

Alessandro Baricco

#Beautiful Quotes #World Quotes #Said Quotes

“The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few lentils sodden together, moisten'd and cemented with a little seeth'd fat.”
“Your whole body, from wingtip to wingtip," Jonathan would say, other times, "is nothing more than your thought itself, in a form you can see. Break the chains of your thought, and you break the chains of your body, too.”
“I do believe in what I call the stewardship of influence as well as the stewardship of affluence. And that is you use whatever God gives you not for your own benefit, but use it to help people who have no benefit. And when you use whatever God gives you, he gives you more of it. When you use it well, he gives you more of it.”
“Tablets generally have made it pretty obvious that magazines have a new lease on life.”
“I want to hang out in Edinburgh with my friends and eat fish and chips wrapped in newspaper.”
“I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.”
“I think the idea of having a game based on reality is compelling right off the bat because everyone has some experience with the subject of the game.”
“Marriage is the aim and end of all sensible girls, because it is the meaning of life.”

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