“Healthy love is the love that embraces a single, whole woman, including her character and her intelligence.”

L'amore sano è quello che abbraccia una donna sola e intera, compreso il suo carattere e la sua intelligenza.
Source: La coscienza di Zeno (1923), P. 14; p. 16.

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L'amore sano è quello che abbraccia una donna sola e intera, compreso il suo carattere e la sua intelligenza.

Zeno; p. 20
La coscienza di Zeno (1923)

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