“Hate is a lack of imagination.”
― The Power and the Glory
― The Power and the Glory
“Farewell to all of you, my remaining friends. Not infrequently it has been beautiful to dream with you.”
― Baudolino
― Baudolino
“Yesterday's rose endures in its name, we hold empty names.”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“The greatest travelers have not gone beyond the limits of their own world; they have trodden the paths of their own souls, of good and evil, of morality and redemption.”
― Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year
― Christ Stopped at Eboli: The Story of a Year
“But I shall give less thought to the future, I shall work in the present. I feel such work is within my power. For I only succeed in small things, and when I am tried by anxiety, I am bound to say it is the small joys that release me.”
― The Diary of a Country Priest
― The Diary of a Country Priest
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