Giovanni Verga - I Malavoglia (1881)

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The neighbours had come out like snails after a rainstorm, and all down the road you heard the continuous murmur of people talking from doorway to doorway.

Giovanni Verga

The worst thing…is to leave your own town, where even the stones know you, and it must break your heart to leave them behind on the road.

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The heart gets tired too; and it falls apart bit by bit, like an old cloth wears out in the wash.

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