Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.
Luigi PirandelloLife is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes
Luigi PirandelloWe ride through life on the beast within us. Beat the animal, but you can't make it think.
Luigi PirandelloI would love to spend all my time writing to you; I'd love to share with you all that goes through my mind, all that weighs on my heart, all that gives air to my soul; phantoms of art, dreams that would be so beautiful if they could come true.
Luigi PirandelloLife is full of strange absurdities, which, strangely enough, do not even need to appear plausible, since they are true.
Luigi PirandelloOur spirits have their own private way of understanding each other, of becoming intimate, while our external persons are still trapped in the commerce of ordinary words, in the slavery of social rules. Souls have their own needs and their own ambitions, which the body ignores when it sees that it's impossible to satisfy them or achieve them.
Luigi Pirandello