Don't you ever get tired of reading?" she asked. "You could hardly be called good company! Don't you know that, with women, you're supposed to make conversation?" she added; her half smile was perhaps meant to be ironic, though to Amedeo, who at that moment would have paid anything rather than give up his novel, it seemed downright threatening. Italo Calvino
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In this quote, Amedeo has been quoting from a book that he has been reading all day. She is telling him that since she is a woman, he should have some sort of conversation with her instead of reading. However, the way she says it is very threatening and makes him feel uncomfortable. Because she doesn’t look at him while she says this, he feels as if she has a weapon in her hand and wants to threaten him. Amedeo does not want to give up his book because he knows that it is the only way that he can escape from her.

Source: Difficult Loves

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