Antonio Porchia Quotes

A hundred men together are the hundredth part of a man.

Cien hombres, juntos, son la centésima parte de un hombre.

When the superficial wearies me, it wearies me so much that I need an abyss in order to rest.

Cuando lo superficial me cansa, me cansa tanto, que para descansar necesito un abismo.

A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors.

Se me abre una puerta, entro y me hallo con cien puertas cerradas.

My father, when he went, made my childhood a gift of half a century.

Mi padre, al irse, regaló medio siglo a mi niñez.

Every time I wake, I understand how easy it is to be nothing.

Cada vez que me despierto, comprendo que es fácil ser nada.

Everything is a bit of darkness, even light itself.

Todo es un poco de oscuridad, hasta la misma luz.

When one does not love the impossible, one does not love anything.

Cuando no se quiere lo imposible, no se quiere.

One who dwells in evil doesn’t leave, for fear of running into...evil.