Bart Emanuel

“October is one of the loveliest months in Sicily. It’s when summer opens its fist again, letting a little breeze into the house and allowing you to breathe again; when the light becomes as mellow as my Aunt Caterina’s limoncello and you take a sweater along in the evenings, just to be on the safe side;”
― Mario Giordano, Auntie Poldi and the Vineyards of Etna

“Letter 68


A pod of whales was lying like long reclining Buddhas on the sea.
My sister and I put our ears to the bottom of the boat so we could listen to their songs.

We turned to my grandfather and asked, "What do their song mean?"

"The whales do not sing because they have an answer," he said.
"They sing because they have a song.”
― Gregory Colbert, Ashes and Snow: A Novel in Letters

“Walls in people's heads are sometimes more durable than walls made of concrete blocks.”
― Willy Brandt, Erinnerungen

“Best way to predict your future is to create it.”
― Stephen R. Covey, First Things First