“We've grown accustomed to living smaller and more simply.”
Source: Not in a Tuscan Villa: During a Year in Italy, a New Jersey Couple Discovers the True Dolce Vita When They Trade Rose-colored Glasses for 3Ds
“It certainly wasn't the sensible thing to do. [Referring to her move to Italy.]”
Source: At Least You're in Tuscany: A Somewhat Disastrous Quest for the Sweet Life
“Choose to be with those who have empathy, they will carry you when you face misery.”
Source: The Daily Dose of Motivational Quotes
“She was a grown-up, divorced woman now, on her own. She'd gotten herself this far, she could get herself around Italy too.”
Source: Her Italian Billionaire
“She'd fallen for him. How stupid. Secretary falls in love with her boss. What a tepid thing to do.”
Source: A New Life
“California and Italy are about the same size. Roughly speaking, California contains about 150,000 square miles, Italy about 120,000 square miles. They are not dissimilar in physical characteristics. They extend over a long distance from north to south, and each has an extensive coastline. Each is destitute of coal mines. Each produces large quantities of wheat. Each produces citrus and other fruits, olives, wine, and raisins. The climate is about the same, although California's is superior. They are in about the same zone. Rome lies in about the same latitude as San Francisco. Our state is one of the richest and most fertile of all the United States. Yet suppose that California were as populous as Italy—someday it will be. Suppose it had a population of millions. Could California, even with its vast resources, support an army of a quarter of a million men as Italy does? She could do it only as Italy does, by grinding the people into the dust with oppressive taxation.”
Source: Argonaut Letters
“Later it would occur to him that a new life - to be a new man - would require him to take chances, to act on whim”
Source: New Man, New Troubles
“Holding onto failed dreams only makes you bitter.”
“...as the bitterroots, necessary for the healing but unpleasant to taste. (What Father Sacco's parishioners say about the man.)”
Source: Gifts For Ugo
“She had always been fond of history, and here [in Rome] was history in the stones of the street and the atoms of the sunshine.”