Fantasy is like jam. . . . You have to spread it on a solid piece of bread. If not, it remains a shapeless thing . . . out of which you canโt make anything.
Italo CalvinoA human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.
Italo CalvinoThe satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
Italo Calvino