Алессандро Барикко цитаты

„Как объяснить ребенку «Прелюдии» Дебюсси? А вот как: он должен представить себе, что пианино поместили в аквариум.“

„Иногда, ветреным днем, Эрве Жонкур спускался к пруду и часами смотрел на воду, расчерченную легкими и необъяснимыми картинами, в которые слагалась его жизнь.“

“Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say”

“This is the seashore. Neither land nor sea. It’s a place that does not exist.”

“To die of yearning for something you will never experience”

“Reasons get forgotten.”

“Do you have children? she asked.

No.

Why?

The man answered that one had to have faith in the world to have children.”

“She had not really a sensitive soul, but to put it in exact terms, was possessed by an uncontrollable feeling of mind”

“There is nothing that can, in the dark become true”

“As you see, it is not that I don't know my own mind, I know it very well but only up to a certain point in the matter. I know perfectly well what the question is. It's the answer I want.”