If the mind is desolate, you can't see the beauty in Rome

Jason 2022-03-21 09:02:06

"I'm destined to be sensitive by nature

I'm destined to be a writer"

The man with the splayed eyebrows seems to be in pity anytime, anywhere

Saying that funerals are high-profile social places

When I really picked up the coffin, my expression instantly crumpled into a ball of paper

"Why not write a new novel" "I'm looking for something beautiful"

If the mind is desolate, you can't see the beauty in Rome

Opposite the house is the Colosseum, and there are only wine glasses, crooked party animals, and chattering believers

Unicorn Beast appears in the courtyard

disappeared again

An old friend suddenly appeared

Tell you that the past 40 years have been a fog, only you are worth saying goodbye

Then leave without looking back

"Flaubert always wanted to write a book of nothingness"

but he never succeeded

Bystanders may be doomed to nothingness

It doesn't make sense without engaging and talking

So bystanders are doomed to not be able to write novels

Flaubert will never succeed

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The Great Beauty quotes

  • Jep Gambardella: To this question, as kids, my friends always gave the same answer: "Pussy". Whereas I answered "The smell of old people's houses". The question was "What do you really like the most in life?" I was destined for sensibility. I was destined to become a writer. I was destined to become Jep Gambardella.

  • Jep Gambardella: Madame Ardant!

    Fanny Ardant: [after a long pause] Bonne nuit.