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Quote by Italo Calvino
The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from th

The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary. – Italo Calvino

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What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following ones nose, taking shortcuts. – Italo Calvino

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Romantic
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The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born. When the forms exhaust their variety and come apart, the end of cities begins. – Italo Calvino

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City Life, Cities
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There are books from which one inhales an exquisite air. – Joseph Joubert (1754–1824), translated from French by George H. Calvert, 1

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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot

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A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend. – Author unknown

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Reading — the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. – William Styron

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