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O vivi o scrivi

Gli sembra sempre che la parte più interessante e sottile e contraddittoria resti fuori dalle sue descrizioni e dai suoi dialoghi, persa come adesso vanno perse le ragioni dei passeggeri che a ogni fermata scendono dal vagone e corrono via. Sa benissimo che per non perderla dovrebbe decidere di cambiare radicalmente la destinazione della sua energia vitale, riversarla nel suo lavoro molto più che nella sua esistenza fisica, invece di cercare di dividerla a metà. Non si ricorda chi abbia inventato per primo la massima “O vivi o scrivi”, ma è un’idea che lo ha sempre riempito di orrore, gli sembra il più vile e inaccettabile dei baratti.

Saved 24 April 2016

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