Quite clearly, Europe had come apart and millions had died not because of the shifting of great historical forces or the accidents of fate or destiny, the several bullets of Sarajevo, colonial competi...
Not surprisingly, he began to sing, and because no one in the world could hear him, and he sang without inhibition, he sang well.
No one knows better than I that it's all here, and need not be explained or interpreted—just seized.
Marxists are people whose insides are torn up day after day because they want to rule the world and no one will even publish their letter to the editor.
Many people just like to show that they're thinking the right thoughts. And as the 'right' thoughts change like the wind, so do they.
It was easy to argue with Quagliagliarello, if you had patience, and if you could pronounce his name.
It hasn't been so easy for me, either, Alessandro said. Not recently. But I'll die before I'm mad like you. That's your choice, Orfeo told him. Me, as surely as I stand upon this commode, I'll have th...
If people love you for your soul, your face doesn’t matter and you don’t have to be perfect.
I like the race, rather than the winning.
I have three hooves in the pasture and one already in the grave, but I have a few things more to tell before I get to the smoke and thunder.
I found him. It was easy. The Church always seems to know where its priests are, even when they're traveling. He remembered me. His hair had turned almost all gray, but he still had his kindly, hesita...
For the first time, I had looked upon victory from the place of defeat, and because the victory was not my own, and I was apart from it, I felt it all the more. It was God's victory, the victory of th...
Connoisseurs of paintings were curiously indifferent about color itself, and were seldom possessed by it. Rather, they possessed it. And they seemed to be easily seated. They were like the gourmets, w...
All rivers run full to the sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones are redeemed; the dead come back to life; the perfectly blue days that have begun and ended in golden dimness co...
All great discoveries, the elder Marratta had once said, are products as much of doubt as of certainty, and the two in opposition clear the air for marvelous accidents. At
Alessandro, his father said, almost cheerfully. You don't understand. This kind of problem is very special: it has no solution
Whatever is, is, and whatever is not, is not
Truth is not anchored to the ground by driven piles. It can float and take to the air; it is light and lovely and delicate. It is feminine as well as masculine. It is often gentle, and sometimes it ca...
Though it would take a long time for him to understand the principle, it was that to be paid for one's joy is to steal.
They glanced over at Catherine, who was dancing with Billy, as only fathers and daughters can dance. No matter how old the daughter may be, the father is dancing, in joy unparalleled, with his child w...