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> [“In Chloe, a great city, the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take place between them, conversations, surprises, caresses, bites. But no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/in-chloe-a-great-city-the-people-who-move-through-the-streets-are-all/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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> [...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take place between them, conversations, surprises, caresses, bites. But no one greets anyone; eyes lock for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/the-people-who-move-through-the-streets-are-all-strangers-at-each/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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## More by Italo Calvino

> [“(one would say yes, if not every day, at least fairly regularly), whether only for yourself or also for others (often only for yourself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/one-would-say-yes-if-not-every-day-at-least-fairly-regularly-whether/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“The Great Khan tried to concentrate on the game: but now it was the game’s reason that eluded him. The end of every game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/the-great-khan-tried-to-concentrate-on-the-game-but-now-it-was-the/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“Or else you can say, like the camel driver who took me there: "I arrived here in my first youth, one morning, many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/or-else-you-can-say-like-the-camel-driver-who-took-me-there-i-arrived/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“The naked man had lost hope now; he would never be able to return to the earth's surface;he would never leave the bottom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/the-naked-man-had-lost-hope-now-he-would-never-be-able-to-return-to/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“The art of writing tales consists in an ability to draw the rest of life from the little one has understood of it; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/the-art-of-writing-tales-consists-in-an-ability-to-draw-the-rest-of/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“I ask you to come down to earth," said the Baron in a calm, rather faint voice, "and to take up the duties of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/i-ask-you-to-come-down-to-earth-said-the-baron-in-a-calm-rather-faint/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [The unconscious is the ocean of the unsayable, of what has been expelled from the land of language, removed as a result of ancient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/the-unconscious-is-the-ocean-of-the-unsayable-of-what-has-been/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“... KUBLAI: We have proved that if we were here, we would not be. POLO: And here, in fact, we are.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/kublai-we-have-proved-that-if-we-were-here-we-would-not-be-polo-and/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“And yet, in Raissa, at every moment there is a child in a window who laughs seeing a dog that has jumped on a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/and-yet-in-raissa-at-every-moment-there-is-a-child-in-a-window-who/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“Ludmilla, now you are being read. Your body is being subjected to a systematic reading, through channels of tactile information, visual, olfactory, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/ludmilla-now-you-are-being-read-your-body-is-being-subjected-to-a/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“Once the process of falsification is set in motion, it won't stop. We're in a country where everything that can be falsified has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/once-the-process-of-falsification-is-set-in-motion-it-won-t-stop-we/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“Your case gives me new hope," I said to him. "With me, more and more often I happen to pick up a novel that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/your-case-gives-me-new-hope-i-said-to-him-with-me-more-and-more-often/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [We could say, then, that man is an instrument the world employs to renew its own image constantly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/we-could-say-then-that-man-is-an-instrument-the-world-employs-to/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [“Perhaps it is this story that is a bridge over the void, and as it advances it flings forward news and sensations and emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/perhaps-it-is-this-story-that-is-a-bridge-over-the-void-and-as-it/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

> [Yet, even now, ever time (often) that I find that I don't understand something, then instinctively, I'm filled with the hope that perhaps this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/italo-calvino/yet-even-now-ever-time-often-that-i-find-that-i-don-t-understand/)

[Italo Calvino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/italo-calvino/)

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