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Sixteenth Century Venice Quotes

“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.”

Love Fighting Justice Courage Risk Survival Women Rights Nuns Convent Sixteenth Century Venice

Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice

“We are the bones of this city, the heart, the womb. The hidden structure and architecture behind the beautiful facades. We are unseen yet leaned upon, vessels yet not empty, the home for our families. The hopes of our city are thrust upon us, and we will be punished if we fail.”

Love Romance Courage Risk Survival Secrets Sisters Nuns Convent Sixteenth Century Venice

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 . . .”

Fighting Justice Survival Venice Women Rights Researched Nuns Convent Sixteenth Century Venice

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.”

Love Fighting Justice Survival Venice Women Rights Researched Nuns Convent Sixteenth Century Venice

Book:The Virgins of Venice

Source: The Virgins of Venice