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“Su un tram affollato a Roma all'ora di chiusura una sera d'inverno, qualcuno per sbaglio mi tocca la spalla. Non mi giro a guardare chi è e non saprò mai se è un uomo o una donna, una sgualdrina o un prete, ma quel tocco delicato scatena in me un tale desiderio di tenerezza e di cura che sospiro; mi sento cedere le ginocchia. Non è un sospiro profumato di violette né uno spasimo chopinesco: è qualcosa di rozzo e reale come i peli sulla mia pancia”

Book:The Journals of John Cheever

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The Journals of John Cheever

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John Cheever

John Cheever was an American novelist renowned for his short stories, which often focused on the lives and moral dilemmas of the middle class. His writing style was concise and profound, and he had a significant impact on 20th-century American literature. more

“Yes, there is something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds me how lonely I am and how far the two of us are. Not long ago I thought we could swallow all the stars, you and me. Now I look at the night, and it looks cold, you took the warmth of the sky with you and left only the emptiness for me to fall and fade.”

Love Quotes Loneliness Emptiness

Author:Rolf van der Wind

“A stationary stone ship... A granite boat that doesn't pitch... that takes us nowhere... that never docks... Onboard this lighthouse, we'll never get ashore...”

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Book:Alone

Source: Alone

“Then the time would come once more when I no longer listened for the steps on the stairs and felt lonely and cried into my pillow every night.”

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Book:The diary of a young girl

Source: The diary of a young girl

“Life was like a waiting room at a doctor's office and my turn never came.”