Elena Ferrante Quotes

In fiction we say and recognize things about ourselves, which, for the sake of propriety, we ignore or don't talk about in reality.

Elena Ferrante

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• We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.

  

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• In fiction we say and recognize things about ourselves, which, for the sake of propriety, we ignore or don't talk about in reality.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Reality
  • Fiction
  • Recognize