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Old Country

Book by Leonardo Donofrio · 3 quotes · Adaptability, Aging, Beautiful

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“Why is it when we were kids we looked up at the stars... But now they seem to be looking down on us...?”

Stars Childhood Perspective Aging Look Up Perspective On Life

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“Rome and New York were impressive, but they knew they were. They had the beauty of a vain woman who had squeezed herself into her favourite dress after hours of careful self worship. There was a raw, feral beauty about this landscape that was totally unselfconscious but no less real...There was no pomp or vainty here; this was an innocent, natural beauty, the best kind, like a woman first thing in the morning, lit up by the sun streaming through a window, who doesn't quite believe it when you tell her how beautiful she is.”

Beautiful Beauty New York Woman Italian New York City Rome Italy Beautiful Writing Personification Tuscany Buildings

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“Identity was a liquid state, ever interchangeable, and adaptable to its surroundings... It was better to not have favourites - a snake didn't mourn when it had to shed its skin.”

Identity Self Awareness Adaptability Definition Identity Crisis Snake Shedding Skin Interchanging Worlds

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