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Jodi Picoult
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HARUKI MURAKAMI «Non è possibile.» «Ti prego.» La sua supplica ha un tono seducente, avvinghia a sé... GIOVANNA ROMA Se sei diverso hai due possibilità: o ti distingui o cerchi di passare inosservato NIALL WILLIAMS Balla come se nessuno stesse guardando, ama come se nessuno ti avesse mai ferito, canta co... WILLIAM W. PURKEY Il corpo è la casa del tempo, dentro di lui muoiono gli anni, e con loro noi stessi. Amavo davvero ... ISABELLA SANTACROCE E se tu vuoi diventare un fiore, allora io voglio diventare il cielo, così se hai sete chiamo la pi... ISABELLA SANTACROCE Osserva quella miserabile creatura. Quel Punto è un Essere come noi, ma confinato nel baratro adime... EDWIN A. ABBOTT Il bello dell'infinito è che non finisce mai. Il brutto dell'infinito è che non finisce mai. MAURIZIO CODOGNO È che non mi piace dover vivere dentro un corpo. Se ha un senso. E penso che magari nel profondo so... JOHN GREEN «Io non vedo nulla», disse lui. «Potete vedere solo voi il filo che vi lega, al resto del mondo �... VIVIANA LEO La mamma somiglia molto a Bright Side. O forse era Bright Side che somigliava alla mamma. Anche lei,... KIM HOLDEN Amare è solo una forma di "ri-conoscimento", nella vita riconosciamo ciò che abbiamo già letto, o... ALESSANDRO D'AVENIA Come sono fortunati gli attori! Loro possono scegliere se recitare in una tragedia o in una commedia... OSCAR WILDE Tumad aveva il comando della scorta, come accadeva la maggior parte dei giorni in cui Bashere non av... ROBERT JORDAN Postojis u meni i prisecam se svega. Dovoljno da ne probijes kroz srce, dovoljno da me uni... TAMARA STAMENKOVIC Secondo gli stereotipi comuni, la grafica si occupa, in maniera artistica e creativa, di pubblicità... RICCARDO FALCINELLI Quella macchia laggiù, che rosseggiava al tramonto e che questo crepuscolo fa buia, riempie a volte... FERRUCCIO PARAZZOLI E' sempre stranamente toccante vedere come la nebbia separi tutto ciò che è vicino o apparentement... HERMANN HESSE Il libro si adatta alla mano, si adatta all'individuo. Il modo in cui tieni in mano un libro e giri ... DON DELILLO Il bassotto alzò il muso verso di lui, con lo sguardo dei cani quando non capiscono e non sanno che... ITALO CALVINO Cara Emmi, nella parte più interna della mia mano sinistra, suppergiù al centro,. 04/10/2012 ... DANIEL GLATTAUER «Il sesso è una delle cose più intime che si possano condividere. Se si è limitati nel proprio m... LAURELL K. HAMILTON L'amore si accompagna sempre alla paura, perché non abbiamo mai il controllo dell'oggetto amato, se... ALESSANDRO D'AVENIA Se un popolo è unito, puo cambiare il paese anche solo spegnendo la TV. SILVANO ENZO Non so se avrò tempo di scrivere altre lettere, perché forse sarò troppo impegnato a cercare a pa... STEPHEN CHBOSKY E ora vedi: questo "un giorno" è illusione, è soltanto un modo di dire! Il peccatore non è in cam... HERMANN HESSE -Sir, se lei fosse mio marito, io le avvelenerei il tè. -Madam, se lei fosse mia moglie, io lo... WINSTON S. CHURCHILL Non lo capiva nessuno che sono le parole che sono contrarie alla vita, ti nascono in testa, te le co... VIOLA DI GRADO Tutti facciamo delle scelte. Non sempre sono giuste. È il modo in cui ti rialzi che dimostra che ti... JESSICA CLARE Si vendica, e bene, la vita, se qualcuno le ruba il mestiere. CESARE PAVESE Voljeti ne znači vječito ponavljati da ti je žao ERICH SEGAL «Ho passato tutta la vita a far finta di essere qualcuno che non ero, simulando e nascondendo i mie... RACHEL HAWKINS Hedwig Marty : – Mantieni la tua libertà di coscienza e d’azione, è preziosa e noi ce la... GIANI STUPARICH ...Quando Isabelle alzò lo sguardo ebbe l’impressione che il cuore le si fermasse. Stava risalend... MARTA SAVARINO - Fanciulla, non so se sei una dea o una mortale, se sei una dea certo sei Artemide con le tue ancel... JEAN-PIERRE VERNANT Perché, se esistono gli angeli, a nessuno di loro spetta il compito di impedire che sulla terra avv... CHRISTINE LAVANT Non t'amo come se fossi rosa di sale, topazio o freccia di garofani che propagano il fuoco: PABLO NERUDA Piera, la protagonista di Vuoi vedere che è proprio amore?, è una giovane donna che lavora. Profes... VIVIANA GIORGI Toutes les opinions ne se valent pas, et il ne faut pas confondre l'éloquence d'une parole avec la ... TZVETAN TODOROV Tutti indossiamo una maschera, per alcuni è il trucco, per altri il sorriso, le mogl... ATTICUS POETRY Amiamo i mondi di fantasia perché il mondo in cui viviamo non ci soddisfa completamente. Troviamo c... ALESSIA ESSE Poi è andata com'è andata. É andata come sappiamo. Sono finite le autoriduzioni, le lotte armate,... DIEGO DE SILVA Molto spesso sentiamo che ci manca qualcosa e proprio ciò che ci manca ci sembra di ritrovarlo in u... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Non si pone come regola, non si prescrive di essere casti; la castità è di per sé un ideale, o a ... LEO TOLSTOY - Il mare sarebbe Dio? - No, ma è lo specchio in cui Dio si riflette. Guai a chi infrange il s... VALERIO EVANGELISTI «Neanche io so come comportarmi con te. Hai abbattuto le mie barriere e non mi aspettavo di lasciar... ORNELLA CALCAGNILE Ono što sam od života naučio je, Da bez obzira na to koliko je neko dobar čovek, ponek... PAULO COELHO «Si riferisce ai loro poteri magici? Vorrei, lo vorrei tanto. Ma anche così questi scavi sono inco... CHINA MIéVILLE Vorrei, per essere proprio tranquillo, che tu non ti spaventassi o ti turbassi troppo qualunque cond... ANTONIO GRAMSCI Il futuro è come l'acqua. Tutte le nostre azioni lo increspano, cambiandone i riflessi. Se avessi d... JEANIENE FROST «E la storia è su di loro che…?» «Cazzeggiano. Cioè, in realtà viaggiano e cercano la P... ELEONORA C. CARUSO Sarà perché la sera fa un po' freddo ma le parole che scambio con te mi scaldano il cuore. Ti sent... NAOSHI ARAKAWA Capisci di aver letto un buon libro quando giri l'ultima pagina e ti senti come se avessi perso u... PAUL SWEENEY Non posso più ascoltare tacendo. Devo parlarvi con i mezzi che ho a disposizione. Voi mi trafiggete... JANE AUSTEN Quando vires os teus olhos a verem-te, quando não souberes se tu és tu ou se o teu reflexo no espe... JOSé LUíS PEIXOTO - Nulla è eterno, Balbulus. E che cosa c'è di meglio, per le parole, che essere cantate in giro? S... CORNELIA FUNKE Nel tennis il vero avversario, la frontiera che include, è il giocatore stesso. C'è sempre e solo ... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE La “Crisi Esistenziale” di chi ama l’amore e ha il coraggio di amare. Nell’epoca ... SAVIO DE MARTINO He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself.
[Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne sa... NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX Il linguaggio umano è, in fondo, il grande scandalo della natura: il linguaggio umano costringe a r... ANDREA MORO Credevo che per Barney esistessi solo tu. Almeno questo è quello che dicono tutti. Senti, ambasciat... MORDECAI RICHLER -Per favore. Come ti chiami?- domandò al gatto. -Senti, io mi chiamo Coraline. Okay? Il gatto ... NEIL GAIMAN Puis il réfléchit: la réalité ne coïncide habituellement pas avec les prévisions; avec une log... JORGE LUIS BORGES Una volta, il mio capitano disse che nella vita si incontrano persone che, crediamo, diventeranno no... SALLY GARDNER Secondo dei dati statistici, trascorriamo in media trenta minuti al giorno a cercare le cose, e chi ... MARIE KONDō «La gente muore, questo è un dato di fatto» diceva la mamma. «Ma il modo in cui perdiamo le cose... DONNA TARTT La valeur d'un homme n'est pas dans la manière dont il tombe, mais dont il se relève ! JEPH LOEB The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.
[It., Bello e il rossore, ma e incommodo q... GOLDONI E c'era davvero qualcosa che si avvicinava dal vialetto, in direzione della casa. Lo vedevo dal bino... NEIL GAIMAN Quando si strappano tutte le fibre della civiltà è un lavoro lento quello di ricucirle insieme. Ve... CHRISTOPHER MORLEY Ovviamente non si ha il diritto di dar da mangiare a Pop Corn, visto che si trova qui per dimagrire.... ÉRIC-EMMANUEL SCHMITT La Société ne fait-elle pas de l'homme, suivant les milieux où son action se déploie, autant d'h... HONORé DE BALZAC Voi che vivete sicuri Nelle vostre tiepide case, Voi che trovate tornando a sera Il c... PRIMO LEVI E così, nella cassa da morto del sindaco, il bambino, l’uccellino e il costruttore di casse da mo... MATILDA WOODS La vendetta, caro signore, la vendetta, la quale, èur essendo un peccato da gentiluomo come il vino... WALTER SCOTT La vendetta, caro signore, la vendetta, la quale, pur essendo un peccato da gentiluomo come il vino,... WALTER SCOTT Questo è il mio pensiero costante: come posso far sì che tutti gli esseri viventi accedano rapidam... LOTUS SUTRA E l’amore guardò il tempo e rise, perché sapeva di non averne bisogno. Finse di morire per un gi... LUIGI PIRANDELLO In genere si crede che le donne siano molto quiete: le donne invece provano gli stessi sentimenti de... CHARLOTTE BRONTë Magari qualcosa, una moneta che cade, un piccolo braccialetto che si impiglia alla maglia di qualcun... CLAUDIA PINTUS Nel momento in cui riconosceva quello che c'era su una cartuccia provava la sensazione carica d'ansi... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE Entrambi respirarono un po' di quell'affetto che ancora resisteva tra di loro, diluito lungo ce... PAOLO GIORDANO VOJNI ŽUPNIK: Hoću reći, mira ima i u ratu, ima on svojih mirovnih mjesta. Rat naime zadovoljava ... BERTOLT BRECHT Ne usudjuj se da das svoje vrelo srce hladnim rukama opet. TAMARA STAMENKOVIC Egli [Marx] ha posto il lavoro, il suo avvilimento ingiusto e la sua dignità profonda, al centro de... ALBERT CAMUS
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I had an incredibly happy childhood. I married a terrif... JODI PICOULT Sometimes you can see things happen right in front of your eyes and still jump to the wrong conclusi... JODI PICOULT See, as much as you want to hold on to the bitter sore memory that someone has left this world, you ... JODI PICOULT What if the one I choose to discount is one who has been truly hurt? JODI PICOULT Life, it turns out, goes on. There is no cosmic rule that grants you immunity from the details just ... JODI PICOULT I wonder if what makes a family a family isn't doing everything right all the time but, instead, giv... JODI PICOULT You lie to convince people you are not a monster . . . not that you are one. JODI PICOULT Do you know what it's like to love someone so much, that you can't see yourself without picturing he... JODI PICOULT Take it from me: love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow- beautiful while it's there, and j... 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JODI PICOULT Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones... JODI PICOULT We make messes of our lives, but every now and then, we manage to do something that's exactly right.... JODI PICOULT It's choice that makes us human. JODI PICOULT What if it turns out that a life isn’t defined by who you belong to or where you came from, by wha... JODI PICOULT When you love someone more than he loves you, you'll do anything to switch the scales. You dress the... JODI PICOULT The only way someone can leave you is if you let them. JODI PICOULT Sometimes I think my whole life has been about holding on to you. JODI PICOULT Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get? JODI PICOULT If it had been easy for Romeo to get to Juliet, nobody would have cared. Same goes for Cyrano and Do... JODI PICOULT Bad is not an absolute, but a relative term. Ask the robber who used the cash he stole to feed his i... JODI PICOULT Just because you keep something a secret doesn't mean it never happened, no matter how much you want... JODI PICOULT It took me a lifetime to realizethings don't get lost if they don't have value- you don't miss what ... JODI PICOULT You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind. JODI PICOULT Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned. JODI PICOULT You make yourself strong because it's expected of you. You become confident because someone beside y... JODI PICOULT It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it. JODI PICOULT How could he convey to someone who'd never even met her the way she always smelled like rain, or how... JODI PICOULT I wondered how long it took for a baby to become yours, for familiarity to set in. Maybe as long as ... JODI PICOULT I know you love me. The question is, how much? JODI PICOULT What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forge... JODI PICOULT Nobody wants to admit to this, but bad things will keep on happening. Maybe that's beause it's all a... JODI PICOULT In the space between yes and no, there's a lifetime. It's the difference between the path you walk a... JODI PICOULT Love is not a because, it's a no matter what. JODI PICOULT You know how sometimes, your life is so perfect you’re afraid for the next moment, because it coul... JODI PICOULT I knew what it was like to lose someone you loved. You didn't get past something like that, you got ... JODI PICOULT You were in business making meth? Do you have any idea what that drug does to people?" We... JODI PICOULT Campbell" Julia says "Don't do this to me" "Do what?" "Push me off the same cliff twice JODI PICOULT Most people who offer their help do it to make themselves feel better, not us. To be honest, I don't... JODI PICOULT People ask all the time how I'm doing, but the truth is, they don't really want to know. JODI PICOULT The moral of this story is that sometimes, you can attempt to make all the difference in the world, ... JODI PICOULT Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're ... JODI PICOULT Every life has a soundtrack. There is a tune that makes me think of the summer I spent ru... JODI PICOULT You can fool yourself, you know. You'd think it's impossible, but it turns out it's the easiest thin... JODI PICOULT I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves m... JODI PICOULT Is it a crime when you love someone so much that you can't stand the thought of them changing? Is it... JODI PICOULT Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots ... 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JODI PICOULT It was that she truly believed you could be fourteen when you learned how love could change the spee... JODI PICOULT Could you really love someone who was capable of falling in love with someone else? JODI PICOULT ...in the blink of an eye, you might reinvent yourself...the person you were yesterday might not be ... JODI PICOULT I'm really proud of ( JODI PICOULT When you read the art, JODI PICOULT You have to create characters who will whisk people away from their ordinary lives. JODI PICOULT Vengeance was a funny thing: You wanted the satisfaction of knowing it had occurred, but you never w... JODI PICOULT In the wake of a disaster, the last thing you needed to do was set off another bomb; instead, you wa... JODI PICOULT They were at different places in the same relationship and like anything that's out of alighment, th... JODI PICOULT She wondered how many hours it had been since she'd talked out loud. If you didn't use your voice, e... JODI PICOULT The truth is the truth. JODI PICOULT Change is a funny thing. We never are quite sure what we are becoming or even why. Then one day we l... JODI PICOULT High school students were cannibals; they fed off your broken heart while you watched and then shrug... JODI PICOULT When heaven breaks, who fixes it? JODI PICOULT Dante believed God punished suicides by trapping the person's spirit in a tree trunk. On Judgement D... JODI PICOULT newborns reminded her of tiny buddhas JODI PICOULT From that point of view, I realized that my hole was not miles deep after all. My father, in fact, c... JODI PICOULT His grandmother had taught him that there was no such thing as coincidence. There are millions of pe... JODI PICOULT Antony was also obsessive, judgmental, and paranoid. JODI PICOULT Just because you didn't put a name to something did not mean it wasn't there. JODI PICOULT Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. JODI PICOULT When you're a parent you find yourself looking at the unknown that is your child, trying to find a p... JODI PICOULT I used to think I'd be just like them when I grew up, but I am not. And the thing is, somewhere alon... JODI PICOULT Other people look at me and think: That poor woman; she has a child with a disability. But al... JODI PICOULT