I let myself be taken by the tide of all my days and rowed hard on the oars until my arms grew tired, diving very deep at times, down to the underwater, rocky and sharp labyrinths of the senses and of love, surfacing short of breath and with my kidneys shattered beyond repair.

And always I have asked a question and waited for an answer, but now, I really can't tell you... you who have studied try to figure it out for real.

Giampaolo Talani, 2003