Quotes from book
Silk
Silk is a 1996 novel by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. It was translated into English in 1997 by Guido Waldman. A new English translation by Ann Goldstein was published in 2006.

“To die of yearning for something you will never experience”
Variant: It's a strange grief… to die of nostalgia for something you you will never live.
Source: Silk