“Life is little more than a loan shark:
It exacts a very high rate of interest
for the few pleasures it concedes.
~ Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello (June 28th 1867 – December 10th 1936) Italian dramatist, novelist, poet & short story writer. Awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Literature for his “bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage”. Pirandello’s works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays… source