314 Quotes About Italy

It is estimated that Italians eat an average of sixty pounds of pasta yearly--- a large bowl of pasta six days a week.

That which at twilight had appeared to be a silvery sea-god's palace, a structure of twisted sea-shapes, was now a temple built by the cunning genies of Fire.

Radian. The prisoner's name is Radiana.Who is keeping her prisoner?Time, Stelio. Time is guarding the doors with his scythe and his hour-glass, as in all those old prints...

Aggiungo che a pensarci bene quest'Italia non è un'Italia ideale. È un'Italia che nonostante tutto esiste. Zittita, ridicolizzata, sbeffeggiata, diffamata, insultata, ma esiste. Quindi guai a chi me la tocca. Guai a chi me la invade. Guai a chi me la ruba.

How an Englishman came to be ‘Cooking up a Country’ in ItalyIt was a book that got me into this mess. Almost twenty years ago after reading Annie Hawes excellent, Extra Virgin, I jumped on a flight intent on experiencing Liguria for myself. What I discovered here has had me coming back for holidays ever since. Until two years ago, that is, when I bowed to the inevitable British compulsion to own property.

You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay, it's for the same two things.""What?" "Love and gelato.

In America, one must be something, but in Italy one can simply be.

Italy, like areas of her childhood, is a part of her world she has always kept secret from her husband. These are places she goes to renew her virginity.

We had never before been to Italy in May, and it is truly the most wonderful month. The Lucchese countryside is a riot of colour and scent. Every road, even the busy autostrada, is lined with brilliant red poppies, making the most mundane street look picturesque. The olive trees dotting the hills are covered with silvery green and the pale cream of new buds, while the grass is tall and soft, every patch threaded with wildflowers.