Author of quotes: Elena Ferrante. Page 4

We have just turned seventeen, and the time that used to flow smoothly now seems to have thickened - so the cream suddenly thickens when you whip it in a bowl.

How difficult is it with men, I thought. How should we behave so as not to hurt their pride, not to inadvertently step on a sick corn?

Words... With their help, you can build anything and destroy anything.

Dreams are born in the head, but eventually find themselves under your feet.

... After a serious attack ... you need to hide.

Affection is not love ...

The beauty that Cherullo had in his head since childhood did not find an application and moved to the face, chest, thighs and ass - to places where it passes quickly. She just was - and now she is gone.

Wars are raging around. Around poverty and bitterness. At any second, something can happen to you that you will not have enough tears to mourn your fate. And what do you spend your time on? On a theology course! Are you still trying to understand what the Holy Spirit is? Come on! This world was not created by the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, but by the devil. Better look at the necklace Stefano gave me. It's pearls.

We remained girls, although we seemed to ourselves insidious schemers, free from prejudices.

Yes, it is not an easy thing to listen to a declaration of love!

- Fascist Italy. Nazi Germany ... The entire modern world.

- Fascist Italy. Nazi Germany ... The entire modern world.

… Behind every human word, feeling and deed there is a craving for a crime, future or already committed.

… Everything must be done deliberately, deliberately, in order to know in advance what to expect.