“It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.” Quote by Alberto Moravia
“Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.” TryingProblemBornPerfectComposerKeep TryingGood WritersMonotonous Author:Alberto Moravia
“In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live as an experience, whatever the final result may be.” MayProblemChoicesResultsFinalsObjectivesResolveNo Problem Author:Alberto Moravia
“The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.” WritingConstantLiteracyRatiosIlliteracy Author:Alberto Moravia
“War has become an affair of machines...and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.” LittlesWarMachinesAffairSoldierCleverMechanic Author:Alberto Moravia
“Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end by falsifying and fictionalizing—I’m a liar, in fact. That means I’m a novelist, after all. I write about what I know.” KnowsShouldWritingMeanRealEndsFactsUseAbleNovelistsLiarsAutobiography Author:Alberto Moravia
“I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind of love I would like to have for it.” KindDoeHateI HateKinds Of LoveDetest Book:Sicily as metaphor Source: Sicily as metaphor
“A route differs from a road not only because it is solely intended for vehicles, but also because it is merely a line that connects one point with another. A route has no meaning in itself; its meaning derives entirely from the two points that it connects. A road is a tribute to space. Every stretch of road has meaning in itself and invites us to stop. A route is the triumphant devaluation of space, which thanks to it has been reduced to a mere obstacle to human movement and a waste of time.” HumansHas BeensTwoLinesSpaceMovementTravelWasteMereObstaclesThanksInvitesWasting TimeVehicleRoutesTributeTourismTriumphant Author:Milan Kundera
“The difference between the university graduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in the extent of vitality and self-confidence.” SelfLyingDifferencesUniversitySelf ConfidenceGraduatesVitality Author:Milan Kundera
“This is the real and the only reason for friendship: to provide a mirror so the other person can contemplate his image from the past, which, without the eternal blah-blah of memories between pals, would long ago have disappeared.” PersonsLongRealReasonPastMemoriesEternalMirrorsContemplatingLong AgoPalsBlah Author:Milan Kundera
“Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that's very beautiful. But what would they nourish their intimate talk with? However contemptible the world may be, they still need it to be able to talk together.” PeopleWorldNeedsMayStillsTwoAbleTogetherBeautifulIntimateIsolatedVery BeautifulAlone In Love Author:Milan Kundera