Twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents them from truly touching. If you go on counting, you discover that these pairs gradually become rarer, lost in that silent, measured space made only of ciphers. You develop a distressing presentiment that the pairs encountered up until that point were accidental, that solitude is the true destiny. Then, just when you’re about to surrender, you come across another pair of twins, clutching each other tightly.
People took what they wanted, they clutched at coincidences, the few there were, and made a life from them. . . . Choices are made in brief seconds a… - Paolo Giordano
People took what they wanted, they clutched at coincidences, the few there were, and made a life from them. . . . Choices are made in brief seconds a…
- Paolo Giordano
Separating them were two layers of brick, a few inches of plaster, and nine years of silence. - Paolo Giordano
Separating them were two layers of brick, a few inches of plaster, and nine years of silence.
The love of those we don't love in return settles on the surface and from there quickly evaporates. - Paolo Giordano
The love of those we don't love in return settles on the surface and from there quickly evaporates.
[Their love] had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent. - Paolo Giordano
[Their love] had burned itself out, like a forgotten candle in an empty room, leaving behind a ravenous discontent.
Twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents the… - Paolo Giordano
Twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even number that prevents the…
Even though he was afraid to admit it, when he was with her it seemed it was worth doing all those normal things that normal people do. - Paolo Giordano
Even though he was afraid to admit it, when he was with her it seemed it was worth doing all those normal things that normal people do.
In fact, they didn't talk much at all, but they spent time together, each in his own abyss, held safe and tight by the other's silence. - Paolo Giordano
In fact, they didn't talk much at all, but they spent time together, each in his own abyss, held safe and tight by the other's silence.
They lived the slow and invisible interpenetration of their universes, like two stars gravitating around a common axis, in ever tighter orbits, whose… - Paolo Giordano
They lived the slow and invisible interpenetration of their universes, like two stars gravitating around a common axis, in ever tighter orbits, whose…
All opening moves were the same, like in chess. You don't have to come up with anything new, there's no point, because you're both after the same thi… - Paolo Giordano
All opening moves were the same, like in chess. You don't have to come up with anything new, there's no point, because you're both after the same thi…
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