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Italo Calvino Quotes

Italo Calvino quotes about reading

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

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Instead of making myself write the book I ought to write, the novel that was expected of me, I conjured up the book I myself would have liked to read, the sort by an unknown writer, from another age and another country, discovered in an attic. Italo Calvino
All that can be done is for each of us to invent our own ideal library of our classics; and I would say that one half of it would consist of books we have read and that have meant something for us and the other half of books which we intend to read and which we suppose might mean something to us. We should also leave a section of empty spaces for surprises and chance discoveries. Italo Calvino
You have with you the book you were reading in the cafe, which you are eager to continue, so that you can then hand it on to her, to communicate again with her through the channel dug by others' words, which, as they are uttered by an alien voice, by the voice of that silent nobody made of ink and typographical spacing, can become yours and hers, a language, a code between the two of you, a means to exchange signals and recognize each other. Italo Calvino
What makes lovemaking and reading resemble each other most is that within both of them times and spaces open, different from measurable time and space. Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino quote: "One reads alone, even in another's presence."
One reads alone, even in another's presence. Italo Calvino
There is nothing for it but for all of us to invent our own ideal libraries of classics. I would say that such a library ought to be composed half of books we have read and that have really counted for us, and half of books we propose to read and presume will come to count—leaving a section of empty shelves for surprises and occasional discoveries Italo Calvino
Every new book I read comes to be a part of that overall and unitary book that is the sum of my readings...if you need little to set the imagination going, I require even less: the promise of reading is enough. Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino quote: "Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of..."
Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Italo Calvino
The things that the novel does not say are necessarily more numerous than those it does say and only a special halo around what is written can give the illusion that you are reading also what is not written. Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino quote: "Today each of you is the object of the other’s reading, one..."
Today each of you is the object of the other’s reading, one reads in the other the unwritten story. Italo Calvino
Italo Calvino quote: "Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no..."
Reading is going toward something that is about to be, and no one yet knows what it will be. Italo Calvino

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