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Alberto Moravia Quotes

Alberto Moravia quotes

Italian Novelist November 28, 1907 – September 26, 1990

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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him...and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia quote: "And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster..."
And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating. Alberto Moravia
When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes comes and sometimes doesn't. But I don't sit back waiting for it. I work every day. Alberto Moravia
Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt. Alberto Moravia
In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which we do not resolve as a problem but which we live as an experience, whatever the final result may be. Alberto Moravia
...my boredom might be described as a malady affecting external objects and consisting of a withering process; an almost instantaneous loss of vitality--just as though one saw a flower change in a few seconds from a bud to decay and dust. Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia quote: "You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. ..."
You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all. Alberto Moravia
Alberto Moravia quote: "Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep..."
Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand. Alberto Moravia
This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive. Alberto Moravia
Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future. Alberto Moravia

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