“ How strange it is, sometimes, which conversations or events stays with us while so much else melts as fast as April snow. Marlena de Blasi
“ It was Don Paolo's birthday and all the people of the village were gathered in the piazza to celebrate him. The band played, the wine flowed, the children danced, and, as he stood for a moment alone u… Marlena de Blasi
“ She's a woman. Like a chameleon does, a woman quietly blends into all the parts of her life. Sometimes you can hardly tell she's there, she's so quiet going on about her business. Feed the baby. Muck… Marlena de Blasi
“ We violate the innocence of things in the name of rationality so we can wander about, uninterrupted, in our search for passion and sentiment. Marlena de Blasi
“ They all know the truth, that there are only three subjects worth talking about. At least here in these parts," he says, "The weather, which, as they're farmers, affects everything else. Dying and bir… Marlena de Blasi
