Stefano Benni Quotes & Sayings

[T]he real lie that advertising tells is not so much in what it shows, but in what it leaves out. — Stefano Benni

When I'm in love, I can't stand anyone. — Stefano Benni

Oh, my father sighs, if only we had a screwdriver that could unscrew wrongheaded ideas; if only we had a hammer to drive home good intentions; if only we had a pipe wrench to tighten hearts in everlasting love; a saw that we could use to make a clean cut with the past! — Stefano Benni

The winter was blasting its cold winds of dire portent into the tender face of springtime. — Stefano Benni

If you meet an angel, you will have not peace, but a fever. — Stefano Benni

That's what art is: escaping everyday normality, which wants to eat you alive. — Stefano Benni

Being in love, as both Plato and David Bowie have pointed out, is horrible. — Stefano Benni

[M]y favorite teacher was explaining that you don't say but however. These are pleonasms: the use of more words than necessary to express an idea. There are times in life that are very but however. — Stefano Benni

Destiny cuts
the cake of love,
Three slices to some,
To others, a crumb. — Stefano Benni