Author of quotes: Elena Ferrante. Page 3

Falling in love is good because it quickly passes...

... People resort to self-deception to protect themselves from the harsh reality...

Although the apartment on the Phlegraean Fields was even worse than the one in which she grew up, although her situation was aggravated by pregnancy, although she spent all her savings in a few days, she realized that wealth could not serve as a reward for torment, because it meant nothing. ... The money and the things that could be bought with it turned out to be a disappointment. She didn't need anything for herself or for the unborn child. Being rich meant being around Nino, but Nino left and she became impoverished. Money was powerless against this poverty.

Beauty is like the sea on a clear day. It is like a sunset. Or the night sky. This is the powder that we try to add to our fears. It is worth brushing it off, and we will be left alone with something terrible.

… You have to try to be who you are, and go your own way in everything.

Some clever arguments are replaced by others, just as clever; time sweeps away the heaps of seemingly coherent verbal constructions, but the more words are spent on them, the more desperately people cling to them.

“Even by pretending, you can learn a lot.

Everything in this world was so shaky: the one who is not ready to take risks and does not believe that life can bring joy, is doomed to stagnation.

You become attached to a man gradually, regardless of how closely he coincides with the ideal image that develops in you at different periods of your life.

There are moments when we offer the most ridiculous explanations and put forward the most absurd demands, just to hide our true feelings.

This is life - a fight, then kisses ...

You can love a person all your life, but you never know what he really is...

There are those who quit, and there are those who force themselves to quit.

Looking at Lila, I knew what kind of mother she would become. What now seems unbearable to her will become a source of joy for her. Perhaps I should tell her that there is nothing in the world better than simple things.