“La mia esperienza non può giovare che a me. Se vuoi servirtene, accomodati, ma a tuo rischio.”
Source: Sessanta
“Non ti dare mai del vecchio, specie se lo sei. Chi t'ascolta, crede che tu lo dica con la speranza d'essere smentito.”
Source: Sessanta
“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.”
Source: The Secret of Orange Blossom Cake
“Here is history seen, endured, and created at the same time….. If you believe only that which you know to be true, you will trouble yourself with very little belief.”
On Thucydides’ "History of the Peloponnesian War" in "Fifty Literary Pillars".”
“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”
“Windisch piensa: "el final está aquí". Desde que se propuso emigrar ve el final en todos los rincones del pueblo. Y el tiempo detenido para los que quieren quedarse.”
Source: The Passport
“El pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad. El optimista ve la oportunidad en cada dificultad.”
Source: Si no te gusta tu vida, ¡cámbiala!: El desafío diario de hacer realidad tus sueños (No Ficción)
“¡Desata tu pasión e inspirarás a alguien!”
Source: Manual de Resiliencia para Mujeres: de cómo el ¡no! exige reinventarse en 24 horas o menos (La Re
“Mi tarea es expresar la vida y disfrutar haciéndolo.”
Source: Manual de Resiliencia para Mujeres: de cómo el ¡no! exige reinventarse en 24 horas o menos (La Re
“Si me flaquearan las piernas seguro que me recogerían antes de que tocara el suelo.”
Source: No morirás cuando nazcas del olvido