"Mattia's voice no longer stirred anything in his stomach, but he was aware of the idea of him and always would be, as the only true benchmark for everything that had come afterward."

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Source : Paolo Giordano (2009). “The Solitude of Prime Numbers”, p.209, Random House

Paolo Giordano

#Breakup Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Voice Quotes

“Why? Why should the bond between a people and their baseball team be so intense? Fenway Park is a part of it, offering a physical continuum to the bond, not only because Papi can stand in the same batter's box as Teddy Ballgame, but also because a son might sit in the same wooden-slat seat as his father.”
“Every intelligent person, whether hes an artist or not - a mathematician, a doctor, a scientist - possesses a poetic way of seeing and describing the world.”
“Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.”
“There will always be people who can do it better than you, but that's a good thing! Start to see competition as inspiration â€” without envy.”
“People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think.”
“To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.”

Source : "You Might Be a Cowgirl If . . .: A Guide to Life on the Range" by Jill Charlotte Stanford, Robin L. Corey, Globe Pequot, (p. 111), September 4, 2012.
“The pressure to compete, the fear somebody else will make the splash first, creates a frenzied environment in which a blizzard of information is presented and serious questions may not be raised.”

Source : "An A-Z of cultural terms". The Guardian, June 3, 1992.
“You don't stop loving someone just because you hate them.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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