"Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth."

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Source : Antonio Tabucchi (2010). “Pereira Maintains”, p.21, Canongate Books

Antonio Tabucchi

#Philosophy Quotes #Literature Quotes #Fantasy Quotes

“It is three and a half hours long, four characters wide and a cesspool deep.”
“I went through a period of pulling away from everything - acting, people - not sure if I would ever have a voice in this business.”
“"Our prosperity, our friends, our bondage and even our destruction are all in the end rooted in our tongue," says a famous adage.”
“I promise to protect Japan's land and sea, and the lives of the Japanese people no matter what.”

Source : " Japanese nationalist tipped to be PM, raising fears of tensions with China" by Justin McCurry, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2012.
“Being chronically shy I needed to create a persona for myself and be involved with a band where I could be ruler of my own kingdom. Then Pulp became hugely popular and I lost control of it, which is when it all went wrong.”
“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.”
“Singlemindedness is all-powerful.”
“We Jews really don't need any tutoring in democracy.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de

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