“ Whenever she walked along the streets of Manhattan, she looked at all the different faces coming toward her and, despite their different features and colors, she regarded them all as Americans. Francesca Marciano
“ A first kiss is the demarcation line: the same information that a moment ago felt private, all of a suddens seems unfair to withhold. And with that exchange came more. Francesca Marciano
“ I didn't go there lightly. I knew even then that this was the beginning of something very hard to reverse. But I couldn't do otherwise now: I was too possessed Francesca Marciano
“ How can I explain this? Why is it you can never hope to describe the emotion Africa creates?You are lifted.Out of whatever pit, unbound from whatever tie, released from whatever fear. You are lifted a… Francesca Marciano
“ Perhaps she just needed to remind herself more often how that gold was still floating above her head, it's minuscule particles visible only when pierced by a certain light. Francesca Marciano
“ I had fallen out of my secure world, precipitated beyond the territories I had only begun to control so skillfully. What a foolish step to take. What an insane move to make. Francesca Marciano
“ These were the moments that would stick in her memory for years to come, those instants of perfect bliss that nothing else would ever match again. Francesca Marciano
“ I think part of me doesn't want to remember him, for fear of missing him too much. Francesca Marciano
“ You'll understand me when you're older. Then you'll see how men can blind you. And I mean blind you. To the point that you're no longer yourself. Francesca Marciano
“ Maybe that's what happens with age, I thought. All your life you force yourself to forget people who have hurt you, but as you get older and weaker their memory surfaces again, like a bubble in the wa… Francesca Marciano
“ Are you lovers?""Excuse me?""Do you mind my asking you?""Yes.""It's off the record.""Then why do you need to know?"Daniel Moore smiled. A large, happy smile."Because I would like to ask you to dinner. Francesca Marciano
“ You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them. Francesca Marciano
