"England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt."

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Source : Natalia Ginzburg, Dick Davis (1989). “The Little Virtues”, p.28, Arcade Publishing

Natalia Ginzburg

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Soul Quotes

“I remember writing 'The One I Can't Have' at the kitchen table. I was looking at a picture of Truman Capote with Marilyn Monroe and that's where I started. It doesn't make any sense because he was gay, but it was just the idea of the short guy and the beautiful blonde out of his league. That's where I started, but very quickly it became about me.”
“Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.”

Source : "How to Succeed in Hollywood Despite Being Really Beautiful". Interview with Emma Rosenblum, www.nytimes.com. June 24, 2011.
“Women are hard and proud and stubborn-hearted, Their heads being turned with praise and flattery; And that is why their lovers are afraid To tell them a plain story.”
“Being an underdog is my lucky charm”
“Many of my biggest business endeavors were failures before they became a success. Some failed for as long as six years before they hit. Everyone around me thought I was crazy. You just have to stay at it.”
“Nobody has ever thought himself to death. The chief danger confronting us is not age. It is laziness, sloth, routine, stupidity, - forcing their way in like wind through the shutters, seeping into the cellar like swamp water.”
“Love is deep, a mystery - who wants to understand its every particular?”
“After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?”

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