“The compliments you are about to pay could only sadden me, because what you love in our dear peninsula is exactly the object of our hatreds. Indeed, you crisscross Italy only to meticulously sniff out the traces of our oppressive past, and you are happy, insanely happy, if you have the good fortune to carry home some miserable stone on which our ancestors have trodden.” IfsHomePastPayObjectsStonesHatredFortuneDearMiserableComplimentAncestorGood FortuneWhat You LovePeninsulasCompliments You Author:Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
“Who you really are, your True Nature, is no more tied to the kind of person you've been than the wind is tied to the skies through which it moves. Your past is just that, the past, a place within your psyche with no more reality to it than a picture of a castle on a postcard is made from stone. You have a destination far beyond where you find yourself standing today.” KindPersonsMadeRealityTodayPastMovingSkyWindStandingStonesFinding YourselfDestinationTiedOur PastCastlesYour PastTrue NaturePostcards Author:Guy Finley
“Who can ever be alone for a moment in Italy? Every stone has a voice, every grain of dust seems instinct with spirit from the Past, every step recalls some line, some legend of long-neglected lore.” LongMomentsSeemsPastSpiritVoiceLinesStepsStonesInstinctDustLegendsGrainRecallsNeglectedEvery Step Book:At home and abroad Source: At home and abroad