Pieta Quotes

“Even whispers were not tolerated in the Pietà when someone else was speaking.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

“After all her years in the Pietà, she had learned the greatest gift she could give them was dispensing words of encouragement that prodded them forward.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

“She learned that keeping up and working hard paid dividends inside the Pietà, unavailable to women outside it.”
― Jennifer Wizbowski, Poinsettia Girl: The Story of Agata della Pieta

“As he reached the door of the chapel and turned back for a last look, he saw that the Virgin too was sad and lonely; the most alone human being God ever put on earth.”
― Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy