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“I needed to bring my own gifts to my new home, not resist them, not sway to and fro like the tidal waters of the lagoon, but rather chart my own course through the shallows like an experienced boatman.”

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Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice

“One year from now, a decade, a century, half a millennium, will things be different? Dare we dream it? When we are seen for ourselves, not just as the conduit of progeny, heirs, lineage, not just as beautiful objects to be protected, inspected, appreciated, but for who we are at the core . . .”

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Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice

“A midwife knows too much . . . But if she is truly a wise woman, she knows when to keep her mouth shut.”

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Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice

“The day was perfect. Hot, yes, but with a refreshing zephyr sidling in from the west. The lagoon was flecked with small islands, and beyond lay the more ominous mainland, the papal army camped somewhere on it. But here, on this beautiful islet far from our usual universe, a warrior pope seemed a figment.”

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Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice

“The evening blessed us with a sunset to rival a painting by Carpaccio in its colours. The sky mutated from shades of ultramarine and azure to vermilion and ochre, then strips of violet and finally indigo.”

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Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice

“Despite the convent walls, when I was writing, my mind was free.”

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Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice