“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a man is what you do when that storm comes. You must look into that storm and shout as you did in Rome. Do your worst, for I will do mine! Then the fates will know you as we know you”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“He had just woken from a state that was neither sleep nor fainting, nor even reverie; he was under the impression, rather, of something empty, like a great absence, so vague he could find no words to describe it.
After that, it would be up to him to tell the story of Altino’s ragazzi.”
― The Silence of the Choir: A Novel
After that, it would be up to him to tell the story of Altino’s ragazzi.”
― The Silence of the Choir: A Novel
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