Silk
Alessandro Baricco
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you you will never live.”
“Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say”
“To die of yearning for something you will never experience”
“You were dead.' She said. 'And in the whole world there was nothing beautiful left.”
“And a while later: 'It is a strange sort of pain.' Softly. 'To die of yearning for something you'll never experience.”
“Sooner or later you'll have to tell the truth to someone.”
“Perhaps sometimes life shows you a side of itself which leaves you with nothing more to say.' He said. 'Nothing more, never.”
“I once knew a man who built a railway all for himself.”
“He took an unassuming pleasure in his possessions, and the likely prospect of becoming truly wealthy left him completely indifferent. He was, besides, one of those men who like to witness their own life, considering any ambition to live it inappropriate. It should be noted that these men observe their fate the way most men are accustomed to observe a rainy day.”
“only the rustle of those colours waving in the air, impenetrable, lighter than nothingness”
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