The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.
Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations Library, 1997.
-- Italo Calvino, (Oct 15 1923-1985), Italian journalist, short-story writer, novelist; His whimsical and imaginative fables made him one of the most important Italian fiction writers in the 20th century.