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“To leave Venice felt as foreign as flying to the stars.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
“Lice breeds lice, and sin breeds sin.”
― The Virgins of Venice
― The Virgins of Venice
“We stood for a moment, the brackish canal water teething at the stone,the last of the stars fading as the sky transformed from black to indigo. A pair of swans like large white clouds floated on the water, their heads tucked under their wings, as a gondola pulled up, a lantern on the prow, the gondolier on the stern, rubbing his sleepy eyes.”
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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
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