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1. "Un luogo non è mai solo "quel" luogo: quel luogo siamo un po' anche noi. In qualche modo, senza saperlo, ce lo portavamo dentro e un giorno, per caso, ci siamo arrivati." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
2. "Eco sees the intellectual as an organizer of culture, someone who can run a magazine or a museum. An administrator, in fact. I think this is a melancholy situation for an intellectual." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
3. "As a writer, I've always been interested in others." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
4. "I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
5. "I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
6. "Like a blazing comet, I've traversed infinite nights, interstellar spaces of the imagination, voluptuousness and fear." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
7. "My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
8. "Doubts are like stains on a shirt. I like shirts with stains, because when I'm given a shirt that's too clean, one that's completely white, I immediately start having doubts." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
9. "It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
10. "People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
11. "But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
12. "I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
13. "I live quietly at home among my family and friends." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
14. "I claim the right to take a stand once in a while." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
15. "I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
16. "It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
17. "Literature is my life of course, but from an ontological point of view. From an existential point of view, I like being a teacher." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
18. "I don't have any doubts either about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Perhaps some more should be added to the list, but I don't have the slightest doubt about human rights." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
19. "Xenophobia manifests itself especially against civilizations and cultures that are weak because they lack economic resources, means of subsistence or land. So nomadic people are the first targets of this kind of aggression." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
20. "My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
21. "But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
22. "A l'intérieur de ce corps vivait l'âme d'une intellectuelle et poète dont personne n'avait le soupçon.Within this body lived the soul of an intellectual and poet, which nobody had suspected." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
23. "Le persone sono lontane quando ci stanno accanto, figurarsi quando sono lontane davvero." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
24. "La filosofia sembra che si occupi solo della verità, ma forse dice solo fantasie, e la letteratura sembra che si occupi solo di fantasie, ma forse dice la verità." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
25. "È difficile avere una convinzione precisa quando si parla delle ragioni del cuore, sostiene Pereira." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
26. "(...) después el abuelo ponía el disco de uno que tocaba la trompeta y se entusiasmaba, se acariciaba sus bigotes blancos siguiendo el ritmo, escucha a este músico, decía, escucha cómo hace latir la vida en su trompeta, la vida es aliento, muchachito, en principio era el verbo, y los curas quién sabe lo que se han creído, pero el verbo es aliento, muchachito, nada más que aliento... en la vida hay que amar la vida, y a ti tiene que gustarte siempre la vida, recuérdalo, la muerte les gusta a los fascistas..." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
27. "La filosofía parece ocuparse sólo de la verdad, pero quizá no diga más que fantasías, y la literatura parece ocuparse sólo de fantasías, pero quizá diga la verdad." ~ Antonio Tabucchi
28. "Nosotros siempre hemos tenido necesidad de un jefe, todavía hoy necesitamos un jefe." ~ Antonio Tabucchi

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