A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading.

A classic is a book which with each rereading offers as much of a sense of discovery as the first reading.

Italo Calvino

Every time I must find something to do that will look like something a little beyond my capabilities.

Every time I must find something to do that will look like something a little beyond my capabilities.

At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it.

At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it.

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision.

I will start out this evening with an assertion: fantasy is a place where it rains.

I will start out this evening with an assertion: fantasy is a place where it rains.

The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city.

The city of cats and the city of men exist one inside the other, but they are not the same city.

Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined?

Who are we, who is each one of us, if not a combinatoria of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined?

...Life is nothing but trading smells.

...Life is nothing but trading smells.

Memories images, once they are fixed in words, are erased.

Memories images, once they are fixed in words, are erased.

Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world.

Knowledge of the world means dissolving the solidity of the world.

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.

The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.

You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before

You'll understand when you've forgotten what you understood before

It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices.

It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices.

The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves

The universe is the mirror in which we can contemplate only what we have learned to know in ourselves

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.

A function of a variable quantity is an analytic expression composed in any way whatsoever of the variable quantity and numbers or constant quantities.

A function of a variable quantity is an analytic expression composed in any way whatsoever of the variable quantity and numbers or constant quantities.

After exponential quantities the circular functions, sine and cosine, should be considered because they arise when imaginary quantities are involved in the exponential.

After exponential quantities the circular functions, sine and cosine, should be considered because they arise when imaginary quantities are involved in the exponential.

Transcendental [numbers], They transcend the power of algebraic methods.

Transcendental [numbers], They transcend the power of algebraic methods.