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Quote by Italo Calvino
The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowl

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

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The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner. – Italo Calvino

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Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst. – Italo Calvino

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Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than ones mothers womb. – Italo Calvino

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