Elena Ferrante quotes - page 2

The waste of intelligence. A community that finds it natural to suffocate with the care of home and children so many women's intellectual energies is its own enemy and doesn't realize it.” I waited in silence. (Elena Ferrante)
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Elena Ferrante
I can't give you a precise answer. It may have had its origin in the death of a friend of mine, or in a crowded wedding celebration, or perhaps in the need to return to themes and images of an earlier book, ‘The Lost Daughter.' One never knows where a story comes from; it's the product of a variety of suggestions that, together with others that you are not aware of and never will be, excite your mind. View quote
Elena Ferrante

Elena Ferrante

Occupation: Italian Novelist
Born: 1943
Quotes count: 28
Wikipedia: Elena Ferrante

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