“Montalbano and Valente seemed not to have heard him, looking as if their minds were elsewhere. But in fact they were paying very close attention, like cats that, keeping their eyes closed as if asleep, are actually counting the stars.” IfsMindFactsEyeStarsAttentionHeardCatElsewhereCounting Book:The Snack Thief Source: The Snack Thief
“But then why, when talking on the phone, did they quarrel, on average at least once every four sentences? Maybe, though the inspector, it was an effect of the distance between them becoming less and less tolerable with each passing day, since as we grow old - for every now and then one must, yes, look reality in the eye and call things by their proper names - we feel more keenly the need to have the person we love beside us.” LoveNeedsFeelsLooksPersonsRealityEyeAgeNamesGrowsLove IsTalkingFourEffectsBecomingDistanceAveragePhonesSentencesPassingPassingsNow And ThenQuarrelsTolerableInspectorsTalking On The Phone Author:Andrea Camilleri
