"True life is the life of the mind."

"I got everything I wanted out of life, now everything that contradicted me or my way of thinking, for example my fami…"

"The singer must convince others of his ideas. Unlike the philosopher, however, he can do so without arguments."

"[About Angelo Scandurra ] With his language, this poet skins things alive. Imagination does not deal with current aff…"

"And so he became a writer. Well done. Every now and then he will come back for holidays, perhaps to see his family, a…"

"The mafia itself does not bring anything to mind. Like the homeland, the dead of Solferino. Ancient things. [...] Sci…"

"Where the insular element dominates, it is impossible to save oneself. Every island waits impatiently to sink. A theo…"

"Hegel called it spirit, we call it culture. Culture is a negative definition, a jumble of things, made for the most v…"

"It bothers me when people speak ill of Sicily, but they speak ill of it because their judgment is not based on fact, …"

"I am me and Sicily. I cannot ignore or exclude it, I would be guilty of a poorly constructed abstraction."