When I look around me, I see mostly women who are alone, left by their husbands after their kids grew up, for a younger woman, which is the most common thing, or suddenly abandoned after getting married and left with young children.
In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters,… - Dacia Maraini
In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters,…
- Dacia Maraini
Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on th… - Dacia Maraini
Above all else she mustn't think that using her body will help her attain her goal. Men use women who play seductively, and then they look down on th…
A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be considered. So, she has to be tenacious, com… - Dacia Maraini
A woman has to demonstrate in every moment to be thirty times better than a man, to gain trust and to be considered. So, she has to be tenacious, com…
Friendship is a form of love. In fact, you don't know how it starts or why. It is subject to the caprices of time. It can grow or die without a reaso… - Dacia Maraini
Friendship is a form of love. In fact, you don't know how it starts or why. It is subject to the caprices of time. It can grow or die without a reaso…
The future is created through memory. - Dacia Maraini
The future is created through memory.
Falling in love with a story is like falling in love with a person. It tends to occupy your life, your thoughts. You can't do anything else for a lon… - Dacia Maraini
Falling in love with a story is like falling in love with a person. It tends to occupy your life, your thoughts. You can't do anything else for a lon…
Characters simply come and find me. They sit down, I offer them a coffee. They tell me their story and then they almost always leave. When a characte… - Dacia Maraini
Characters simply come and find me. They sit down, I offer them a coffee. They tell me their story and then they almost always leave. When a characte…
To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself. - Dacia Maraini
To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself.
The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back. - Dacia Maraini
The waves have the habit of going forward and then flowing back.
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