8 Quotes & Sayings By Filippo Bologna

Filippo Bologna is the author of the best-selling book The Four Hour Chef, written with Jennifer Pastilong. As James Beard Award-winning food writer, he has contributed to the New York Times, Gourmet, Bon Appétit, Saveur, and Epicurious. He has also written numerous articles for Italian publications including Oggi, L’Espresso, Il Sole 24 Ore, Il Corriere della Sera, Il Giorno, Gambero Rosso, The Times of London and other publications. His writing has won national awards from Italy's National Press Club and the prestigious James Beard Foundation Read more

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He would like to be capable of writing as he thinks, quickly, without effort, the word as agile and dynamic as athletes in a race, jumping over hurdles, one after the other, go, go, go, flying towards the finishing post, faster than the disgust limping behind him. Filippo Bologna
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At that moment, sitting on that park bench, The Writer was overcome by an indefinable sadness not completely ascribable to the state in which The Mother was now, nor the desperation of his decades-long creative crisis, a sadness so strong he could have peddle it to all the enthusiasts in the world and turned them into depressives, and would still have some left over. Because he no longer knew what to do with so much sadness. And sometimes he didn't even know what to do with himself. Filippo Bologna
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Between an action and reaction, between a gesture and its consequences, everybody agrees that there is an exact relationship, but not necessarily a proportionate one. Filippo Bologna
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So there are countless reasons to remain on this Godforsaken planet that was long considered the only world, if for no other reason than to learn the end of our story: what the author of our lives has not yet taken the trouble to finish. Filippo Bologna
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It doesn't matter, the important thing is to fall asleep caressing the charm of an image. Because the last thing you think of before falling asleep must always be the most beautiful. Filippo Bologna
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Now if only we stopped for a moment to think, it is quite obvious that there is no merit or design or logic in the way luck and talent are distributed in this world. For every man kissed by the sun there are millions in the shade, and there is no valid reason to rule out-or maintain-the possibility that the one is better than the other. Filippo Bologna
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He was so drunk that he would have stubbornly denied that he was. Filippo Bologna