"She had not really a sensitive soul, but to put it in exact terms, was possessed by an uncontrollable feeling of mind"

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Alessandro Baricco

#Soul Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I always had a fetish for murder and death.”
“I do not intend to prejudge the past.”
“A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.”
“Art must take reality by surprise. It takes those moments which are for us merely a moment, plus a moment, plus another moment, and arbitrarily transforms them into a special series of moments held together by a major emotion.”
“In analysing complicated variations one must examine each branch of the tree once and once only.”
“Me, I'm just a hack. I'm just a schlep-per. I just do what I can do.”
“To be really honest, I think if anybody did derive comfort from the fact that 'there's always someone worse off than yourself,' they'd have to be a pretty sad and sick individual. If I've sprained my wrist, I'm not made happier by the thought that someone somewhere has broken their leg!”
“I have a sister, so I know-that relationship, it's all about fairness: you want your sibling to have exactly what you have-the same amount of toys, the same number of meatballs on your spaghetti, the same share of love. But being a mother is completely different. You want your child to have more than you ever did. You want to build a fire underneath her and watch her soar. It's bigger than words.”

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