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Alberto Moravia quotes: It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

It is what we are forced to do that forms our character, not what we do of our own free will.

Alberto Moravia quotes: The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

The ratio of literacy to illiteracy is constant, but nowadays the illiterates can read and write.

Alberto Moravia quotes: The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

The novel as we knew it in the nineteenth century was killed off by Proust and Joyce.

Alberto Moravia quotes: When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

When you aren't sincere you need to pretend, and by pretending you end up believing yourself; that's the basic principle of every faith.

Alberto Moravia quotes: I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

I do not foresee a time when I shall feel that I have nothing to say.

Alberto Moravia quotes: You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.

You can't think on purpose about somebody or something. Either you think about them naturally or you don't think at all.

Alberto Moravia quotes: And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.

Alberto Moravia quotes: Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.

Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.

Alberto Moravia quotes: A writer survives in spite of his beliefs.

A writer survives in spite of his beliefs.

Alberto Moravia quotes: I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.

I like to compare my method with that of painters centuries ago, proceeding from layer to layer.

Alberto Moravia quotes: The less one notices happiness, the greater it is.

The less one notices happiness, the greater it is.

Alberto Moravia quotes: I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality.

I don't think it's possible to write a good novel around a negative personality.

Alberto Moravia quotes: Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they were born to understand.

Alberto Moravia quotes: This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

Alberto Moravia quotes: War has become an affair of machines ... and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.

War has become an affair of machines ... and soldiers are little more than clever mechanics.

Alberto Moravia quotes: The dark realization came to him that a difficult and miserable age had begun for him, and he couldn't imagine when it would end. [Puberty]

The dark realization came to him that a difficult and miserable age had begun for him, and he couldn't imagine when it would end. [Puberty]

Alberto Moravia quotes: Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.

Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.