La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the I... A source page for quotes linked to Beppe Severgnini. 0 quotes
“First of all, let's get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled in predictable packages, such as hills in the sunset, olive groves, lemon trees, white wine, and raven-haired girls. Italia, on the other hand, is a maze. It's alluring, but complicated. It's the kind of place that can have you fuming and then purring in the space of a hundred meters, or in the course of ten minutes. Italy is the only workshop in the world that can turn out both Botticellis and Berlusconis.” HumorItalyItalians Book:La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind Source: La Bella Figura: A Field Guide to the Italian Mind
“Eppure la lentezza -a differenza dell'ozio, che richiede doti agonistiche- ha ancora il suo fascino.” Lentezza Book:Manuale dell'uomo normale Source: Manuale dell'uomo normale