A painter's hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it feigns eternity and it delights in this pretence almost as if it had created rules of its own, more durable and more profoundly true.
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…
- 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… - 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…
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,…
The future is created through memory. - Dacia Maraini
The future is created through memory.
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…
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…
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…
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.
I dream of continuing to dream. - Dacia Maraini
I dream of continuing to dream.
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