• The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.

  Italo Calvino
  Italian writer 1923-1985
  

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Subjects in these quotes:

1. attraction
2. repulsion
3. knowledge
4. attracted
5. concern
6. himself

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The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him. by : Italo Calvino

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