Medieval Italy Quotes & Sayings

Siberia: it fills one twelfth of the land-mass of the whole Earth, yet this is all it leaves for certain in the mind. A bleak beauty, and an indelible fear. — Colin Thubron

...she felt safe with Nicolo, and feared nothing. — Mirella Sichirollo Patzer

Everything you want waits on the other side of fear. — Lisa Wingate

...he made her blood rush as hot as it has at fifteen, coupled with a playfulness she had nearly forgotten she once possessed. — Joyce DiPastena

Every tree, every plant, has a spirit. People may say that the plant has no mind. I tell them that the plant is alive & conscious. A plant may not talk, but there is a spirit in it that is conscious, that sees everything, which is the soul of the plant, its essence, what makes it alive. The channels through which the water & sap move are the veins of the spirit. — Pablo Amaringo

Cities like New York have already followed San Francisco and have started similar organizations like sfCiti; New York has TECH NYC. — Ron Conway

People fell in love with Alex Higgins, a working-class fellow from the back streets of Belfast. That's what brought the game alive. — John Higgins

One of the best book marketing tips I can give you is simply building relationships - well that and publishing more books. — Heather Hart

Bologna is the best city in Italy for food and has the least number of tourists. With its medieval beauty, it has it all. — Mario Batali

Sara loved Nicolo's quiet affection far more than the yearning and lust she saw on Umberto's face. — Mirella Sichirollo Patzer

During our long period of slumber the United States government has lost its moral authority. It is owned, operated, and controlled by Wall Street and Corporate America. The United States has become ungovernable, unfixable, and, therefore, unsustainable economically, politically, militarily, and environmentally. It has evolved into the wealthiest, most powerful, most materialistic, most racist, most militaristic, most violent empire of all times. — Thomas Naylor

My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater. — Gael Garcia Bernal

I don't know that there are haunted houses. I know that there are dark staircases and haunted people. — Robert Breault

...sin does not deal its consequences evenly upon men and women... — Joyce DiPastena

A man who sacrifices for his wife and serves her becomes much more attractive to her. — Jimmy Evans

Trickster foxes appear in old stories gathered from countries and cultures all over the world
including Aesop's Fables from ancient Greece, the "Reynard" stories of medieval Europe, the "Giovannuzza" tales of Italy, the "Brer Fox" lore of the American South, and stories from diverse Native American traditions. — Terri Windling

We had extremely democratic town councils in medieval Italy which knew the value of working together, and every now and then, down the centuries, this spirit returns. — Dario Fo

You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. — Debbie Macomber

I looked up and beyond him again, focusing in on the horror that swords, arrows, clubs, and staffs left behind on human flesh. The open wounds. The blood, The brokenness. The inglorious remains of war. — Lisa Tawn Bergren

Possibly the tragedy of the bicycle is that it was invented too close in time to the car. In the historical scheme, pedal power hardly got under way before the combustion engine appeared and, not only took over the roads, but changed our view of machines. We've forgotten that pedal power is a potent form of energy. — Richard Ballantine