Peter Ackroyd frasi celebri
da Londra – Biografia di una città – Frassinelli. traduzione di Luca Cafiero
“Source: Da Londra – Biografia di una città, traduzione di Luca Cafiero, Frassinelli.”
L'oscurità appartiene all'essenza della città; partecipa della sua vera identità; Londra è posseduta, in senso letterale, dalle tenebre.
London goes beyond any boundary or convention. It contains every wish or word ever spoken, every action or gesture ever made, every harsh or noble statement ever expressed. It is illimitable. It is Infinite London.
Origine: Da London: The Biography.
Peter Ackroyd: Frasi in inglese
“I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned.”
Pages 128-9.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
Chatterton (London: Abacus, [1987] 1991), ch. 5, p. 72.
London: The Biography (London: Vintage, [2000] 2001) p. 779.
Chatterton (London: Abacus, [1987] 1991), ch. 10, p. 151.
“He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself.”
Page 45.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
Page 7.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
“One can forgive Shakespeare anything, except one's own bad lines.”
Page 46.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
Page 25.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
“Only those with great ambitions know what great fears drive them forward.”
Page 52.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)
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