Elena Ferrante Quotes

I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.

Elena Ferrante

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• Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.

  

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• I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.

  

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• While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.

  

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• Think back to the early rock n' roll records, and the average record length in the '50s - and well into the '60s - was two and a half minutes. It's very hard to put that much songwriting into two and a half minutes.

  

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• The experience of the world is worth more than the experience of any one man.

  

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• Standing outside the fire;Standing outside the fire.Life is not tried, it is merely survivedIf you're standing outside the fire.

  

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• My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.

  

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• Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent.

  

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• I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Animal
  • Queen
  • Passes