Paul

“But then why, when talking on the phone, did they quarrel, on average at least once every four sentences? Maybe, though the inspector, it was an effect of the distance between them becoming less and less tolerable with each passing day, since as we grow old - for every now and then one must, yes, look reality in the eye and call things by their proper names - we feel more keenly the need to have the person we love beside us.”
― Andrea Camilleri, The Smell of the Night

“A positive vision is what keeps us going despite the misfortunes and setbacks that fill our lives. The sole disadvantage is that it stops us to seeing evil.”
― Andrea Camilleri

“Mi ha dato invece l'impressione che la signora, in questo suo continuo darsi, volesse... è difficile spiegarmi... volesse perdersi..."
"O piuttosto annullarsi?"
"Ecco, annullarsi, si è il verbo giusto"
"mi congratulo vivamente con lei, commissario. È un uomo molto sensibile e acuto"
"Perchè mi dice questo?"
"Perchè molti si sono fatti un'idea sbagliata di Laura”
― Andrea Camilleri, Noli me tangere