If your parents left you, it doesn’t mean that other people will also do it to you.

Scusi mia bella*, but it runs in the blood of all Italians to be skillful lovers. So you have to get used to this.

You can't push me away, mio cuore. You can't!

I don't want you to leave. I want you to stay.

A brave girl! And a unique one. The best that I have ever met in my life.

You're very naive and innocent, and don't understand a lot of things yet.

I swear I won't touch you even with a finger until you ask me yourself.

Don't be shy, dear. I'm too old for you to be embarrassed by me.

The words of men cannot be trusted, especially men like you!

If you go on touching me, I’ll catch fire before your eyes.

I cannot believe that you're still a girl. Your kisses don’t seem that innocent. They are driving me crazy.

I am the captain of my soul.

I'm not at all the sort of woman who kisses strange dragons when she comes across them.

Nausea and panic rose in my throat. I had killed a man.

I like photography and writing and travel, so I have a lot of cerebral occupations. I am going to become a sailor and do a world tour on my yacht if I don't get any more work.

I like the idea of taking off like a bird.

That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches.

No, I call. Come back. I'm here, he says. But I can't see. It's too bright. You can't hold back the light, Gemma. I'm here. Trust me.

I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the best possible work I can before I exit.

I've always enjoyed writing, I graduated with a degree in English; I've done bits of journalism.

When you learn to love your physical body, every activity can become a ritual of gratitude where you fully express the joy to be alive!