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“Era una vecchina minuscola, vestita di nero, con un rottame di cappello che si era fatta da sola e aveva decorato con una veletta che le arrivava agli occhi. Leggeva molto, attentamente protesa verso la debole luce della lampada tolta dal comodino di Delia. Prima di quella lampada si era accontantata di una lampadina nuda avvitata al centro del soffitto. Era molto risparmiatrice, non aveva mai perso l’abitudine di fare economia il più possibile e, anzi, amava lesinare. Non aveva accumulato una grossa fortuna, ma accumulare le piaceva, come guardare crescere le proprie ricchezze. Osservava la gente calcolando non ciò che poteva ottenere da loro, ma ciò che loro avrebbero potuto sottrarle se solo lei glielo avesse permesso. non era incline al pettegolezzo. Ammetteva di non amare o detestare qualcuno solo in quanto le ricordava una certa categoria o una classe… Il suo repertorio era costituito da smorfie, strizzate d’occhi, cenni e gesti che indicavano, parodiandoli, allarme, timidezza, rabbia e pietà, oltre a una collezione di frasi sarcastiche o umoristiche che, quand’era giovane, aveva trovato utili. Ma di gente ne frequentava poca.”

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Book:The Springs of Affection
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“There is magic in this kitchen, Juliana, whether you know it or not, and the magic never lies. It is always right, and it is trying to tell you something now. We just have to hear what it is saying. It will lead us to the answer." "Listen to what?" I'm confused. Italian nonnas are a naturally superstitious bunch, armed with a staunch Catholic faith supplemented by old wives' tales and folk remedies. Is that what Nonna is talking about when she speaks about kitchen magic? Some folktale from the past? "The kitchen magic," Nonna says mysteriously. "It will show us how to make these recipes you need.”

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Book:The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake
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“There was one more trend that Thucydides noted. In every free and prosperous country he found a parade of monsters: human beings with oversized egos, with ambitions out of proportion to their ability, whose ideas rather belied their understanding than affirmed it. Whereas, there was one Alcibiades in his own day, there were now hundreds of the like: self-serving, cunning and profane; only they did not possess the skills, or the mental acuity, or beauty of Alcibiades. Instead of being exiled, they pushed men of good sense from the center of affairs. Instead of being right about strategy and tactics, they were always wrong. And they were weak, he thought, because they had learned to be bad by the example of others. There was nothing novel about them, although they believed themselves to be original in all things. J.R.Nyquist”

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Author:J.R.Nyquist
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