Elena Ferrante Quotes

That my cult of study had always seemed to her foolish, that it wasn’t books that made people good but good people who made some good books.

Elena Ferrante

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• That my cult of study had always seemed to her foolish, that it wasn’t books that made people good but good people who made some good books.

  

  Elena Ferrante
  • Study
  • Books
  • Foolish