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Elena is Currently Reading

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Alla larga da Venezia: L'incredibile viaggio di Pietro Querini oltre il circolo polare artico nel '400

by Franco Giliberto

bookshelves: biography, italian-writers, currently-reading

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May 03, 2026 02:47PM

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La cucina del buon gusto

by Simonetta Agnello Hornby

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Jan 28, 2026 03:20PM

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Diario 1941-1943

by Etty Hillesum

bookshelves: second-world-war, women-power, currently-reading

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“Leopardi aveva ragione: gli Italiani sono alla pari dei popoli più progrediti tranne che per due aspetti fondamentali: l'alfabetizzazione e una totale confusione delle idee”
― Simonetta Agnello Hornby, La monaca

tags: italiani, italians

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“Folks that has brought up children know that there's no hard and fast method in the world that'll suit every child”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: education, parenthood

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“In the mornings I always think the mornings are best; but when evening comes I think it's lovelier still”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Collection

tags: evening, morning

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“Un paese ci vuole, non fosse che per il gusto di andarsene via. Un paese vuol dire non essere soli, sapere che nella gente, nelle piante, nella terra c'è qualcosa di tuo, che anche quando non ci sei resta ad aspettarti.”
― Cesare Pavese, La luna e i falò

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“That is one of the advantagers of being thirteen. You know so much more than you did when you were only twelve”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

tags: birthday, growing-up

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