The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city. – Italo Calvino
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. – Italo Calvino

The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city. – Italo Calvino
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. – Italo Calvino
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him. – Italo Calvino
When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign — a bad sign mostly for literature. But it is also a bad sign when they dont want to hear the word mentioned. – Italo Calvino