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“Despite the convent walls, when I was writing, my mind was free.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
“I needed to bring my own gifts to my new home, not resist them, not sway to and fro like the tidal waters of the lagoon, but rather chart my own course through the shallows like an experienced boatman.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
“Lice breeds lice, and sin breeds sin.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
“It was not in my nature to gossip, which put me at odds with most of my sisters at San Zaccaria, who twittered hearsay like so many flocks of birds.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
“A midwife knows too much . . . But if she is truly a wise woman, she knows when to keep her mouth shut.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
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