VIR3IN by Yanjia Dong / Mark Lee / Shonam

Quotation from: "My Brilliant Friend" Author: [Italian] Elena Ferrante



"In this stunning moment, filled with the noise of sunlight and the sea all around, I pretend to be alone in a strange city, much like a completely new version of myself facing my own rebirth. A brand-new life suddenly emerges from the deadness of things, and I am determined to grasp onto this newfound existence."


"And the grown-ups? They anticipate 'tomorrow,' they live in the 'now,' and before the 'now,' there's a 'yesterday,' or 'the day before yesterday,' at most a week ago. They're not keen on dwelling any further back. Children don't understand the concept of 'yesterday,' or 'the day before yesterday,' or even 'tomorrow.' Everything exists in the 'present.' The streets are here, the gates are there, these are stairs; this is Mom, that's Dad; this is day, that's night."


"But at that time, although my eyes were filled with tears, I learned something—something that I later became extremely skilled at—how to contain my despair."


“She was struggling to find, from inside the cage in which she was enclosed, a way of being all her own, that was still obscure to her.”


“Se non c'è amore, non solo inaridisce la vita delle persone, ma anche quella delle città.”

[“If there is no love, it not only withers the life of people but also that of cities.”]


“Como tudo é suave, pensei, quando o dia está bonito e todas as coisas boas parecem estar esperando só por você.”

[“How gentle everything is, I thought, when the day is beautiful, and all good things seem to be waiting just for you.”]

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