We write to make sense of what cannot be sensed. - Eugenio Montale

"We write to make sense of what cannot be sensed."

Eugenio Montale Literature

Poet Italian 1896–1981

More from Eugenio Montale

"I have no program. I only know that I was born poor, and I wish to die rich."

"The butterfly's dream"

"Perhaps the butterfly is proof that you can go through a great metamorphosis and still love flowers."

"I believe that life is a journey towards light."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."