The man, the writer, the instrument of the creation will die, but his creation does not die.
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 all grasp on to a single idea of ourselves, the way aging people dye their hair. It’s no matter that this dye doesn’t fool you. My lady, you don’t dye your hair to decieve other people, or to fool yourself, but rather to cheat your image in your mirror a little.
Luigi PirandelloThose who understood, in fact, say: 'I mustn't do this, I mustn't do that,' so as not to commit some stupidity or other! Splendid! But at a certain point we realize that all life is stupidity; so tell me yourself what it means never to have done anything foolish. At the very least it means you have never lived.
Luigi Pirandello