Alberto Moravia
Novelist
1907-11-28 – 1990-09-26
Alberto Moravia was an Italian novelist, journalist, and essayist.
Books by Alberto Moravia
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Quotes by Alberto Moravia
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They say that, if we manage to live without too great an effort, it is entirely owing to the automatism which makes us unconscious of a great part of our movements. In order to take one single step, it seems, we displace an infinite number of muscles, and yet, thanks to this automatism, we are unaware of it. The same thing happens in our relations with other people.
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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.
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When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.
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This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.
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And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.
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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.
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And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.
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They say that, if we manage to live without too great an effort, it is entirely owing to the automatism which makes us unconscious of a great part of our movements. In order to take one single step, it seems, we displace an infinite number of muscles, and yet, thanks to this automatism, we are unaware of it. The same thing happens in our relations with other people.
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This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.
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When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.
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Nowadays, the illiterates can read and write.
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Modern man-whether in the womb of the masses, or with his workmates, or with his family, or alone-can never for one moment forget that he is living in a world in which he is a means and whose end is not his business.
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War has become an affair of machines... and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.
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