135 Quotes by Luigi Pirandello

We all have a world of things inside ourselves and each one of us has his own private world. How can we understand each other if the words I use have the sense and the value that I expect them to have, but whoever is listening to me inevitably thinks that those same words have a different sense and value, because of the private world he has inside himself, too.

If only we could see in advance all the harm that can come from the good we think we are doing.

You should show some respect for what other people see and feel, even though it be the exact opposite of what you see and feel.

Inevitably we construct ourselves. Let me explain. I enter this house and immediately I become what I have to become, what I can become: I construct myself. That is, I present myself to you in a form suitable to the relationship I wish to achieve with you. And, of course, you do the same with me.

Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes.

One cannot choose what he writes – one can only choose to face it.

Because I suffer, sir! I’m not philosophizing: I’m crying aloud the reason of my sufferings. THE.

Refusing to have an opinion is a way of having one, isn’t it?

I am an “unrealized” character, dramatically speaking...