=How to Pray, per Italo Calvino=

There are people whose greatest pleasure is to have others urinate on them. D'Annunzio was one such, they say. I believe it. You should remember that every day, and remember that we are all the same race, and not act so superior. And what about this: my aunt gave birth to a son with the body of a cat. You should remember that things like that happen, never forget it. And that in Turin there are people who sleep on the the pavements, over warm cellar gratings. I've seen them. You should think about all these things, every evening, instead of saying your prayers. And you should keep them in mind during the day. Then your heads won't be so full of plans and hypocrisy.