Believe Quotes by Italo Calvino

9 Believe quotes by Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino presents nine compact, imaginative lines that explore belief through his signature blend of wonder and intellect.

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Personally, I believe in fiction because the stories I like are those with a beginning and an end.

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I don't believe chance can play a role in my literature.

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I change my method and field of reference from book to book because I can never believe in the same thing two…

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In politics, as in every other sphere of life, there are two important principles for a man of any sense: don't cherish…

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Whenever humanity seems condemned to heaviness, I think I should fly like Perseus into a different space. I don’t mean escaping into…

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There is still one of which you never speak.' Marco Polo bowed his head. 'Venice,' the Khan said. Marco smiled. 'What else…

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Whenever humanity seems condemned to heaviness, I think I should fly like Perseus into a different space. I don't mean escaping into…

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Renouncing things is less difficult than people believe: it's all a matter of getting started. Once you've succeeded in dispensing with something…

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What about books? Well, precisely because you have denied it in every other field, you believe you may still grant yourself legitimately…

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“Ludmilla, now you are being read. Your body is being subjected to a systematic reading, through channels of tactile information, visual, olfactory, and not…

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“Your case gives me new hope," I said to him. "With me, more and more often I happen to pick up a novel that…

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We could say, then, that man is an instrument the world employs to renew its own image constantly.

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“Perhaps it is this story that is a bridge over the void, and as it advances it flings forward news and sensations and emotions…

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