“ Venice, it's temples and palaces did seem like fabrics of enchantment piled to heaven. Percy Bysshe Shelley
“ Nellie grinned. I always wanted to go to Venice. It's supposed to be the romance capital of the world.Sweet, put in Dan. Too bad your date is an Egyptian Mau on a hunger strike.The au pair sighed. Bet… Gordon Korman
“ I'm feeling full of tiny princes, bustling to get out into the world and start plotting against one another. Christopher Moore
“ By day it is filled with boat traffic - waterbuses, delivery boats, gondolas - if something floats and it's in Venice, it moves along the Grand Canal.And by daylight it is one of the glories of the E… William Goldman
“ We didn't stow away! Dan protested. You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!Good point, Ian agreed. Return them to the canal. Roughly, please. Gordon Korman
“ Well, he'd gone this far, animated by nothing more noble than curiosity, he told himself as he studied the face of the man in the mirror, pushing his collar down over his neatly knotted tie. The man's… Donna Leon
“ And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction. Donna Leon
“ A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him. Arthur Symons
“ I think people prefer to remember happy times, well, happier times, and if they can't remember them, then to change the memories and make them happier. Donna Leon
