Lauren Surovi

“Ha parlato bene, ma senza pensare alle conseguenze".
"Si parla bene proprio quando non si pensa alle conseguenze".”
― Elena Ferrante, La vita bugiarda degli adulti

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintery light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person died for no reason.”
― Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

“If happiness is anticipation with certainty, we were happy.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

“To be lost is to be fully present, and to be fully present is to be capable of being in uncertainty and mystery. And one does not get lost but loses oneself, with the implication that it is a conscious choice, a chosen surrender, a psychic state achievable through geography.”
― Rebecca Solnit, A Field Guide to Getting Lost