"The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose"

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Source : Elena Ferrante (2005). “The Days of Abandonment”, p.144, Penguin

Elena Ferrante

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“So many Christian leaders have been so tepid or downright silent on the advance of the homosexual agenda.”
“There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans.”

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“What is the most challenging is the industry of fashion is pushing for speedy consumption.”

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“People would be so much more interesting if they'd behave like who they are, and not like what they think others expect them to be.”
“If you write, good ideas must come welling up into you so that you have something to write. If good ideas do not come at once, or for a long time, do not be troubled at all. Wait for them. Put down little ideas no matter how insignificant they are. But do not feel, any more, guilty about idleness and solitude.”
“The storm center of lawlessness in every American State is the State Capitol. It is there that the worst crimes are committed; it is there that lawbreaking attains to the estate and dignity of a learned profession; it is there that contempt for the laws is engendered, fostered, and spread broadcast.”
“We hear a lot about identity theft when someone takes your wallet and pretends to be you and uses your credit cards. But the more serious identity theft is to get swallowed up in other people's definition of you.”
“The best assurance any one can have of his interest in God, is doubtless the conformity of his soul to Him. When our heart is once turned into a conformity with the mind of God. when we feel our will conformed to His will, we shall then presently perceive a spirit of adoption within ourselves, teaching us to say, "Abba, Father.”

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