È un opera di Thomas Mann in cui viene affrontato il problema tra creatività e normalità. Tonio è un ragazzo diverso dagli altri :è un artista, ma vorrebbe essere come i ragazzi "con i capelli biondi e gli occhi azzurri" ovvero felici e semplici ma sa che non potrà mai esserlo .

Il passato ci segna, lascia un'impronta indelebile nelle nostre vite, nelle nostre personalità e nei nostri caratteri. Noi siamo il nostro passato, siamo la conseguenza di eventi che ci sono capitati durante la nostra vita. Di questo ne ero certa. Infatti, guardandomi allo specchio pensai che qualcosa, da qualche parte nel mio passato, fosse andato storto.

you are the words left unsaid on my dry lips the whisper of something i wanted but could not have

Short story excerpts. "We cling to music, to poems, to quotes, to writing, to art because we desperately do not want to be alone. We want to know we aren't going insane and someone else out there knows exactly how you're feeling. We want someone to explain the things we can't."

sanity. what they want back. what they need. -- this is a sequel to HIDE AND SEEK. read that book first before this one to avoid spoilers and confusion. © m-isfxts 2014 All rights reserved

❝sit and drink pennyroyal tea. distill the life that's inside of me.❞ ✧ book one of the nevermind series ✧ © 2014 horizonless ✧ completed.

❝and he likes to sing along and he likes to shoot his gun.❞ ✧ book two of the nevermind series ✧ © 2014 horizonless ✧ completed.

❝find my nest of salt, everything is my fault. what else should i be? all apologies.❞ ✧ book three of the nevermind series ✧ © 2014 horizonless ✧ completed.

❝i'm so happy cause today I found my friends. they're in my head.❞ ✧ book four of the nevermind series ✧ © 2015 horizonless ✧ completed.

"I want to know why I was born this way. I want to know why I'm different. I want to know why everyone hates me. I want to know why I hate myself. I want to know what it's like to feel." Previously ranked #276 in Romance.