Quotes by Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name

Explore a curated collection of 8 quotes by Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

How quickly people changed, with their interests, their feelings. Well-made phrases replaced by well-made phrases, time — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name
Maybe I should tell her that things without meaning are the most beautiful ones. It’s a good sentence, she’ll like it. — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name
She said that we didn't know anything, either as children or now, that we were therefore not in a position to understand — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name
As a result of subduing the forces of nature with the tools that we invent, we find ourselves today at the point where t — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name
She, on the other hand, seized things, truly wanted them, was passionate about them, played for all or nothing, and wasn — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name
Maybe we really are made of the same clay, maybe we really are condemned, blameless, to the same, identical mediocrity. — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name
Is it possible that even happy moments of pleasure never stand up to a rigorous examination? Possible. — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name
Religion will disappear from men's consciousness when, finally, we have constructed a world of equals, without class dis — Elena Ferrante, The Story of a New Name