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The truth is at the bottom of a well: look into it and you see the sun or the moon; but if you throw yourself in, there's no more sun or moon: just truth.

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I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind of love I would like to have for it.

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Leonardo Sciascia

Leonardo Sciascia
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Born: January 8, 1921
Died: November 20, 1989 (aged 68)
Bio: Leonardo Sciascia was an Italian writer, novelist, essayist, playwright and politician. Some of his works have been made into films, including Open Doors, Cadaveri Eccellenti and Il giorno della civetta.
Known for:
  1. The Day of the Owl (1960)
  2. To Each His Own (1966)
  3. Equal Danger (1971)
  4. Sicilian Uncles (1958)
  5. Una storia semplice (1989)

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