314 Quotes About Italy

The historian in me love to uncover things, and the mother in me hates to be lied to...[Why Dotsy investigates murder]

The years pass so quickly now that I can't keep my mental image of myself up to date. [Mature Dotsy deals with her age]

To get girls he had figured out that all you had to do was talk little, the bare minimum, and listen much, without ever passing judgment. [Mister Gregory]

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, and quaysides of my native city. I row into the neck of the Grand Canal, and, one by one, the reflection of each colorful façade appears, only to dissipate into wavering, shimmering shards under my oar.

A wise walker will set out early, keeping an open mind on how far to travel, allowing each day's adventure to evolve.

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 to him in every city in the universe, assuring him that he always slept with his book 'Rights of Man' under his pillow and conjured him to honor him with his correspondence and advice.

I spent the next couple of hours either walking around with a gelato in my hand or on my knees in church asking to be forgiven for the sin of gluttony.

One of the great joys of traveling through Italy is discovering firsthand that it is, indeed, a dream destination.

The Italians were getting so accustomed to tragedies and disasters that their appetite for sensation was becoming jaded.