Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.

The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.

…if you can’t find any grappa, half a cup of cough medicine should achieve similar results.” [Audrey’s advice]

The only obstacle was not for investigation but for sending them in prison. If they were in Italy, we could arrest them.

This is a historic moment for me and all the skaters of Italy.

If the landscape of human emotion were to exist in country, it would be in Italy.” ~Lisa Fantino/Amalfi Blue

You’d better watch out, Chase. He’s passed over to the evil side.

I sat in the stands in Italy and shook my head. And not to disrespect the performance of our players, but it was so obvious to me at that point in time that we had...

Up until a few years ago, we knew that Italy was firmly on the side of Europe whoever was in the government in Rome. Today we miss that Italian voice.

You are what you read.

Japan has always imported high-level opera productions from Italy, Vienna or Paris and I thought it’s about time we create one here,

When Bonaparte returned from Italy he called on Mr. Paine and invited him to dinner: in the course of his rapturous address to him he declared that a statue of gold ought to be erected...

Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have…undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you to leave? Has he ever walked out and left? No? It’s because he...

Veni, vidi, vici. That was easy for Julius Caesar to say; he crossed Italy in a chariot, not on a stupid bike.” – Vivia

I love Italy. For hundreds of years, if not centuries, the people of italy (Italians) have been living here.” [Audrey’s insight]

And the cost of living is much cheaper here. Everything in Italy has gotten so expensive since we went to the Euro as a common currency in Europe.

I saw after six laps I was seventh. At this time nobody would have thought I could get the bronze medal. But these are the Olympic Games and we are in Italy so I did...

Remember that a little learning can be a pleasant thing. Italy gives much, in beauty, gaiety, diversity of arts and landscapes, good humor and energy—willingly, without having to be coaxed or courted. Paradoxically, she requires...

Why are you running from the ball, Cinderella?” he asked.

It is a place that ‘grows upon you’ every day. There seems to be always something to find out in it. There are the most extraordinary alleys and by-ways to walk about in. You can...

Italy is facing the problem of immigration, with immigrants coming from Africa and other places. We have to teach Italians not to be afraid of another color of skin, that we can live together.

Living in another culture, not just visiting it, has reshaped our view of the world.

When I was in London in 2008, I spent a couple hours hanging out at a pub with a couple of blokes who were drinking away the afternoon in preparation for going to that evening’s...

They travelled for thirteen hours down-hill, whilst the streams broadened and the mountains shrank, and the vegetation changed, and the people ceased being ugly and drinking beer, and began instead to drink wine and to...

Indeed, when I came to Italy, I expected to encounter a certain amount of resentment, but have received instead empathy from most Italians. In any reference to George Bush, people only nod to Berlusconi, saying”,”We...

In the particular moment that Italy has been living through in these months, may the risen Lord bring serenity to the national community and strengthen in all those who work to serve it the strong...

That final and the cup matches I played in Italy were never as big as this.

We both really wanted to go to London but I also wanted to go to Italy. My husband not being keen on Italy, we finally chose Paris because it’s supposed to be such a romantic...

(The paradox of Italian soccer). As everyone knows, Italian men are the most foppish representatives of their sex on the planet. They smear on substantial quantities of hair care products and expend considerable mental energies...

Compared to the first three months of the year, hiring intentions in Europe are decidedly improved. However, Italy continues to lag behind.

Chase stooped to inspect it. Angelo handed him a latex glove, which took Chase three attempts to pull on before tearing it. He had never had a good relationship with latex. He tried two more,...

Italy would be a great place to go, too. There is nothing better than testing yourself against the world’s best defenders.

Well, in 1947… in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful.

We’ve grown accustomed to living smaller and more simply.

…the pride taken by the Italians in their gifted women is among the most important facts in the history of their Renaissance.

In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you.

I was not rescued by a prince; I was the administrator of my own rescue.

Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87

his-story” is often determined by those who survived to write it. In other words, history is written by the victors…Now, with the help of the Roman historian Tacitus, I shall tell you Queen Boudicca’s story,...

I want you, Rosa,’ Antonio said, turning to her. ‘I want you with your scars and your suffering. You are my wife and everything that has happened to you only makes you more precious to...

Vigilance is justifiably high. We know there is a certain exposure from information acquired in Italy and abroad.

In Venice, things not always as they first appear. I contemplate this observation from my post on the aft deck of one of Master Fumagalli’s gondolas, taking in the panorama of bridges, domes, bell towers,...

The wheel turns for all, caro Chase. It’s the karma effect,” Giulia cried, aping Ilenia. She could have never imagined that her words would become prophetic so soon.

I want to make a fresh start, the same as I did when I joined Messina. Playing in Italy really stimulated me. I gained valuable experience from playing there and I am determined not to...

My mother delayed my enrollment in the Fascist scouts, the Balilla, as long as possible, firstly because she did not want me to learn how to handle weapons, but also because the meetings that were...

And although cars and motorcycles zipped around, all he saw was the girl coming toward him like a scene in a movie.

Don Bradman will bat no more against England, and two contrary feelings dispute within us: relief, that our bowlers will no longer be oppressed by this phenomenon; regret, that a miracle has been removed from...

Italy and London are the only places where I don’t feel to exist on sufferance.

Some people flip condos and make millions. Your boyfriend couldn’t even flip burgers and make minimum wage.

Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising? Pg 57