Elena Ferrante Quotes
I wanted him to see in that plate of pasta everything that, by leaving, he would no longer be able to look at, or touch, or caress, listen to, smell: never again.
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Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.
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In bitter almond oil, like in a great number of other substances that previously had been counted among the 'aromatic compounds' on behalf of their strong smell, a derivative of benzene is present. The special properties of benzene and its derivatives are caused by the typical arrangement of their carbon atoms.
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The most overrated tool: a pasta maker. Why make it when you can buy it? It's a lot of work!
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I love the smell of freshly cut grass. It takes me back to summers in Maine.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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There are two smells that I can recognize right away. The smell of the boxing ring and the smell of a garage. That's where I grew up. I can recognize these places with my eyes closed.
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Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.
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I love my garlic press; in fact, it is probably my one true desert island gadget. But I'm happy to put it aside whenever the smell and sweet taste of slow-cooked garlic is called for.
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I love England, especially the food. There's nothing I like more than a lovely bowl of pasta.
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I don't wear a lot of perfumey-perfumes because I think a lot of them smell like you're wearing perfume. And I don't want to smell like that.
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I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.
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Life is too short not to have pasta, steak, and butter.
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Fresh egg pasta is traditionally served in the north of Italy with butter, cream and rich meat sauces, whereas dried pasta is more at home with the tomato- and olive oil-based ones of the south.
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I don't wear cologne. I do occasionally, but anytime I take a shower, I just put on deodorant. That's basically what I smell like.
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My mum used Avon Skin So Soft oil when I was younger. She would have a bath, and then the smell used to fill the whole house.
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I still buy actual books. The smell, having it in your hands - there's really no substitute.
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She smells better," Claire said. "And she made me cookies.
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God gave me some weird, beautiful scent that makes men and women go crazy. People compare it to Carvel. It is a whale of a smell.
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Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.
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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
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I wanted him to see in that plate of pasta everything that, by leaving, he would no longer be able to look at, or touch, or caress, listen to, smell: never again.
