Logic is one thing, the human animal another. You can quite easily propose a logical solution to something and at the same time hope in your heart of hearts it won't work out.
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Whoever has the luck to be born a character can laugh even at death. Because a character will never die! A man will die, a writer, the instrument of creation: but what he has created will never die!
Interpretation
What this quote means
A true character can transcend life and death, as the creations of a writer endure beyond their existence.
This quote by Luigi Pirandello emphasizes the idea that while a person's physical life may come to an end, the characters they create through their art have a timeless quality. Characters created by a writer possess a life of their own, allowing them to exist and resonate with audiences long after the writer is gone, ultimately achieving a kind of immortality through storytelling.
Themes
CreationImmortalityCharactersArtWriting
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about the impact of literature, one might quote this to highlight the enduring influence of characters in storytelling.
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