Elena Ferrante Quotes

She went like that saint who, although she still has her head on her shoulders, is carrying it in her hands, as if it had already been cut off.

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• She went like that saint who, although she still has her head on her shoulders, is carrying it in her hands, as if it had already been cut off.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Hands
  • Saint
  • Cut