"Life is such an effort, Child. It's a……" — Oriana Fallaci
"Life is such an effort, Child. It's a war that is renewed each day, and its moments of joy are brief parentheses for which you pay a cruel price."
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82 Quotes by Oriana Fallaci
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No matter what system you live under, there is no escaping the law that it's always the strongest, the cruellest,…
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And yet, or just for this reason, it's so fascinating to be a woman. It's an adventure that takes such…
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I know ours is a world made by men for men, their dictatorship is so ancient it even extends to…
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I'll impose upon you the same arrogance that was imposed on me, and on my mother, my grandmother, my grandmother's…
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One day you and I will have to have a little talk about this business called love. I still don't…
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A lot of women ask themselves why they should bring a child into the world? So that it will be…
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What's the point anyway — Of suffering, dying? It teaches us to live, boy. A man who does not struggle…
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I leave shreds of my soul on every experience,
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I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to,
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Physical courage is a great test.
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True power does not need arrogance, a long beard and a barking voice. True power strangles you with silk ribbons,…
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We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century
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