Italo Calvino Quote

Get Started

"语言是铲子在为那些无法说话的人堆积石冢"

Translations

MORE QUOTES BY Italo Calvino

“The more confined a system is, the less powerful it is to transform itself”

Italo Calvino

“Invisible cities are a dream that rises to the sky and falls back to the earth to become solid again”

“Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exc...”

“Every time I chose to act out a dream, I disfigured it, weakening the memory of another.”

FEATURED QUOTES

“There is only one map to the journey of life and it lives within your heart ”

“I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it’s going to work...”

“When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.”

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

“What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.”

“Live for today, hope for tomorrow”

“I believe the truth is only offensive when we’re lying.”

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.”

“In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I’m broke as hell and one day I...”

“The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory”