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One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand: Excerpt

“Yes, my friend,” I hastily said to him. “And — you see? — my nose tilts to the right; but I know that myself; there’s no need for you to tell me; and my eyebrows? Like circumflex accents! My ears, see, one protrudes more than the other; and here, my hands, flat, aren’t they? And the joint of this little finger is twisted. And my legs? Here, this one! You think it looks just like the other, do you? Ah, no, it doesn’t! But I’m aware of this myself, and there’s no need for you to tell me. Good to see you.”

Excerpt from One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand by Luigi Pirandello.