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> [You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/you-can-t-think-on-purpose-about-somebody-or-something-either-you/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

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## More by Alberto Moravia

> [When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/when-i-sit-at-my-table-to-write-i-never-know-what-it-s-going-to-be/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/this-thought-strengthened-in-me-my-belief-that-all-men-without/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/every-true-writer-is-like-a-bird-he-repeats-the-same-song-the-same/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/and-we-all-know-love-is-a-glass-which-makes-even-a-monster-appear/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [...my boredom might be described as a malady affecting external objects and consisting of a withering process; an almost instantaneous loss of vitality--just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/my-boredom-might-be-described-as-a-malady-affecting-external-objects/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [A writer survives in spite of his beliefs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/a-writer-survives-in-spite-of-his-beliefs/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/good-writers-are-monotonous-like-good-composers-they-keep-trying-to/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/the-novel-as-we-knew-it-in-the-nineteenth-century-was-killed-off-by/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/you-can-t-think-on-purpose-about-somebody-or-something-either-you/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/i-do-not-foresee-a-time-when-i-shall-feel-that-i-have-nothing-to-say/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [“I gave up the unequal struggle against what appeared to be in my fate, indeed, I welcomed it with more affection. As one embraces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/i-gave-up-the-unequal-struggle-against-what-appeared-to-be-in-my-fate/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/yes-one-uses-what-one-knows-but-autobiography-means-something-else-i/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [Modern man-whether in the womb of the masses, or with his workmates, or with his family, or alone-can never for one moment forget that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/modern-man-whether-in-the-womb-of-the-masses-or-with-his-workmates-or/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one's heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/an-uncertain-evil-causes-anxiety-because-at-the-bottom-of-one-s-heart/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

> [Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-moravia/dictatorships-are-one-way-streets-democracy-boasts-two-way-traffic/)

[Alberto Moravia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-moravia/)

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