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I'm a Communist, fully convinced and dedicated to my cause.

~Italo Calvino

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In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

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In abortion, the person who is massacred, physically and morally, is the woman.

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I do not understand how you can associate abortion with an idea of hedonism or the good life.

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How much energy is wasted in Italy in trying to write the novel that obeys all the rules. The energy might have been useful to provide us with more modest, more genuine things, that had less pretensions: short stories, memoirs, notes, testimonials, or at any rate, books that are open, without a preconceived plan.

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The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

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An exotic birthplace on its own is not informative of anything.

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Thoughtful lightness can make frivolity seem dull and heavy.

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Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.

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It is not the voice that commands the story; it is the ear.

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Journalist

Born: October 15th, 1923

Died: September 19th, 1985

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