Quotes by Carlo Collodi

About Carlo Collodi:

Carlo Lorenzini was an Italian children's writer known for the world-renowned fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio.
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Would it be possible to find a more ungrateful boy, or one with less heart than I have!

Carlo Collodi

You see man we are just fucking extras!! Extras in a capitalist blockbuster!~page 75

Carlo Collodi

A conscience is that still small voice that people won't listen to.

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On hearing himself called Polendina for the third time, Geppetto lost his head with rage and threw himself upon the carpenter. Then and there they gave each other a sound thrashing. After this fight, Mastro Antonio had two more scratches on his nose,...

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Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.

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Fancy the happiness of Pinocchio on finding himself free! Without saying yes or no, he fled from the city and set out on the road that was to take him back to the house of the lovely Fairy.

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Today at school I will learn to read at once; then tomorrow I will begin to write, and the day after tomorrow to cipher. Then with my acquirements I will earn a great deal of money, and with the first money I have in my pocket I will immediately buy ...

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Akhirnya aku sadar, untuk mendapatkan uang banyak kita harus bekerja keras dengan tenaga dan pikiran kita sendiri.

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A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear.

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A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.

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At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage.

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How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.

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How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!

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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.

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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.

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Author Bio

  • NameCarlo Collodi
  • DescriptionItalian writer
  • AliasesCarlo Lorenzini
  • BornNovember 24, 1826
  • DiedOctober 26, 1890
  • CountryItaly
  • ProfessionWriter; Journalist; Novelist; Children's Writer
  • WorksZorras; I Racconti Delle Fate; Giannettino; Minuzzolo