Grazia Deledda Quotes

“After this, I took private lessons in Italian from an elementary school teacher. He gave me themes to write about, and some of them turned out so well that he told me to publish them in a newspaper.”

“According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end of time.”

“Love connects a man to his woman, money a woman to his man”

“The old woman took her hand, kissed it, and went back home in tears. The sky, pale in the east, still burned over Monte, as if the whole day's splendor was concentrated up there. ... She only saw that great light, that boundless, deep, infinite, mirage.”

“Anything and everything made her think about him. He was so much a part of her, embedded in her soul. [Mina and Diego]”

“Oh, here we go, firing questions right and left. I sort of missed that part. [Mina's most endearing trait?]”

“The man was more temperamental than she was. Not an easy feat. (Mina's view of Diego.)”

“If everybody spent enough time worrying about their own goddamn selves, no one would have to worry about anyone else.”

“Lella York, the self-proclaimed queen of passive-aggressive behavior. [Lella's perceptive view of herself]”

“Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!]”