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| I have spent a great deal of my life being part of minorities. Some of the people I admire the most in the world have had the courage to defend, against wind and tide, minority viewpoints in those frightening times when any disagreement with universal conformity is identified as treason. * * * Like a Fading Shadow The Polish Rider |
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| Nella vita d'un turista che va un po' lontano, credo che a un certo punto sorge per forza la domanda: "Ma cosa sono venuto qui a fare?" Domanda che mette in moto il gran cinema delle giustificazioni con se stessi, per non dirsi sul serio: "Sono qui a non far niente" * In the life of a tourist who goes a little far away, I think that at a certain point the question necessarily arises: "What did I come here for?" This question sets in motion the great cinema of justifications to oneself, so as not to say seriously: "I'm here to do nothing". |
Gianni Celati (10 January 1937 – 3 January 2022)
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| The truth is at the bottom of a well. You look in a well, and you see the sun or the moon, but if you jump in, there's no longer the sun or the moon; there's the truth. |
Leonardo Sciascia (8 January 1921 – 20 November 1989)
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| "All we have to face in the future is what has happened in the past. It is unbearable." |
Maeve Brennan (6 January 1917 – 1 November 1993)
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| In the year 2097 ... |
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| It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life. |
J. R. R. Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973)
If counted well the Germans today can/could watch Dinner for One (The 90th Birthday) 13 times at different times on various TV-channels, and apart from the original in various German dialects, inclusive Schwiizerdütsch (Swiss German). Very strange folks, the Germans. Well, judge for yourself.
Tiny tip-off: Be absolutely determined not to laugh.
