“There's nothing worse than being alone when you aren't strong enough to face your own thoughts. You can stand it just so long, and then––Well, then you just can't be alone any longer. You've got to do something, no matter how silly it is. You've got to make yourself believe you aren't alone, even if you are.” FictionLonelinessStonerJohn WilliamsNothing But The Night Author:John Williams
“A broom that was almost never used was leaned up against the wall. He took it and started to sweep. Dust flew up his nose. When he had been sweeping for a while he realised he had no dustpan. He swept the pile of dust under the couch. Better to have a little shit in the corners than a clean hell. He flipped through the pages of a porno, put it back. Wound his scarf around his neck until his head felt like it was about to explode, released it. Got up and took a few steps on the rug. Sank to his knees, prayed to god.” SadTeenagerHopelessDrug AddictStonerTranslated Text112Let The Right One In Book:Let The Right One In Source: Let The Right One In
“Vagava per i corridoi della biblioteca dell’università, in mezzo a migliaia di libri, inalando l’odore stantio del cuoio e della tela delle vecchie pagine, come se fosse un incenso esotico. Certe volte si fermava, prendeva un volume da uno scaffale e lo teneva per un istante tra le sue manone, che vibravano al contatto ancora insolito con il dorso e il bordo e le pagine docili. Poi cominciava a sfogliarlo, leggendo qualche paragrafo qua e là, e le sue dita rigide giravano le pagine con infinita attenzione, quasi timorose di distruggere, con la loro rozzezza, ciò che avevano scoperto con tanta fatica.” LibriStonerJohn WilliamsBiblioteche Book:Stoner: A special edition of the literary classic Source: Stoner: A special edition of the literary classic
“L'amore per la letteratura, per il linguaggio, per il mistero della mente e del cuore che si rivelano in quella minuta, strana e imprevedibile combinazione di lettere e parole, di neri e gelidi caratteri stampati sulla carta, l'amore che aveva sempre nascosto come se fosse illecito e pericoloso, cominciò a esprimersi dapprima in modo incerto, poi con coraggio sempre maggiore. Infine con orgoglio.” ParoleLetteraturaLinguaggioLettereStonerInglese Book:Stoner: A Novel Source: Stoner: A Novel
“A war doesn't merely kill off a few thousand or a few hundred young men. It kills off something in people that can never be brought back. And if people go through enough wars, all that's left is the brute, the creature that we --- you and I and others like us -- have brought up from the slime", he paused for a long moment; then he smiled slightly: "The scholar should not be asked to destroy what he has aimed his life to build.” WarStonerWilliams Author:John Willams