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Italo Calvino Quotes

Italo Calvino quotes about mirror

Italian Journalist, Writer October 15, 1923 – September 19, 1985

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Journeys to relive your past?' was the Khan's question at this point, a question which could also have been formulated: 'Journeys to recover your future?' And Marco's answer was: 'Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveller recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have. Italo Calvino
From mirror to mirror? this is what I happen to dream of? the totality of things, the whole, the entire universe, divine wisdom could concentrate their luminous rays into a single mirror. Or perhaps the knowledge of everything is buried in the soul, and a system of mirrors that would multiply my image would then reveal to me the soul of the universe, which is hidden in mine. Italo Calvino
Elsewhere is a negative mirror. The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have. Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino quote: "At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies..."
At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it. Italo Calvino

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