To write is to engage in an act of defiance against death an... - Elsa Morante

"To write is to engage in an act of defiance against death and forgetting."

Elsa Morante Creativity

Novelist Italian 1912–1985

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"The world is full of suffering, but it is also full of the overcoming of it."

"Love is the only thing that can save us from ourselves."

"Art is the only truth that matters."

"We are all prisoners of our own history."

"When life gives you lemons, make something beautiful."

"Creativity knows no bounds."

"Creativity is the expression of the soul."

"I'm making this up as I go."