Italy Quotes

The days go by, through the brief silence of winter, when the sunshine is so still and pure, like iced wine, and the dead leaves gleam brown, and water sounds hoarse in the ravines.

History is not a nightmare from which I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in.

Goddammit! How does the world keep spinning with women on the planet?"Ian St. John in THE POMPEII SCROLL

Lord, my hands were made for blessing, but not my feet!

How can you fight stupidity effectively? The answer is simple: it’s not easy.

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A wise walker will set out early, keeping an open mind on how far to travel, allowing each day's adventure to evolve.

Mr Benz, the parapet of an Italian bridge doesn’t look like the proper place for you, ” said Chase.

Paoletta turned to him with a dark face. Chase had never seen her look so foreboding.“You’d better watch out, Chase. He’s passed over to the evil side.

My heart is aching for the people of Nice, Italy. I am so sad that I have no words to express my frustration.

Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!]

Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to carry on that counts.Winston Churchill

Just calm down and think, sir. Think. Where is your wife?

If the landscape of human emotion were to exist in country, it would be in Italy." ~Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue

One of the great joys of traveling through Italy is discovering firsthand that it is, indeed, a dream destination.

Have you ever been in jail, mate? Whatever you did in your life, nothing can be compared to a single day in jail.

We've grown accustomed to living smaller and more simply.

Living in another culture, not just visiting it, has reshaped our view of the world.

We are all pilgrims who seek Italy.

As the sun rose I could see Etna, a truncated cone with a plume of smoke over it like the quill of a pen stuck in a pewter inkpot, rising out of the haze to the north of where I was treading water.

When life gives you twists and turns, Chique Yourself Up in Italy!

Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising? Pg 57

Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).