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   • Italo Calvino
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   Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985

   Italo Calvino

   “A human being becomes human not through the casual convergence of certain biological conditions, but through an act of will and love on the part of other people.”

   Italo Calvino on abortion and the true meaning of life, in a letter nearly 40 years old yet timelier than ever:

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