Perhaps. But the firstborn of hope is tragedy..

The Amazons is a stupendous achievement--a long-anticipated centerpiece in the great puzzle of humankind. The story of these forbidden women, silence….

By the time we left college, I had become my own image: a dandelion in the flower bed of society. Kinda cute, but still a weed..

After the dress rehearsal that afternoon, someone had misplaced the vial of poison, and for lack of better, Romeo would have to commit suicide by eat….

Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly way..

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow..

Verona is a very beautiful city, but Siena just never ceases to fascinate me..

While at Oxford in 1999, I met Jonathan Fortier, who is a Montreal-born Canadian. Despite the challenges of a transatlantic relationship, we remained….

.... "death turns all men into great lovers. Would that they were equally ardent while the lady was still alive!.

Peppo!" I yelled, pulling at my cousin's suspenders. "I really don't want to be arrested, okay?" "Don't worry!" Peppo turned a corner and accelerated….

Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story..

Romeo was cute …” “Cute?” Alessandro rolled his eyes. “What kind of man is cute?” “… and an excellent dancer …” “Romeo had feet of lead! He said so h….

She laughed out loud, a warm, knowing laughter that made me once again wonder about the secret ingredient in these women’s lives. Whatever it was, I ….

If you let go of me now,” I whispered, stretching against him, “it could be another six hundred years before you find me again. Are you willing to ta….

But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible reply. "He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are yo….

I did not know my soul until I saw it's reflection in your eyes..

It's what we call a dolce pazzia... a sweet madness. Once you feel it, you will never want to leave it..

There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a c….

Look,' I said, struggling to keep up, 'I just wanna make one thing absolutely clear. I don't believe in guns. I just want peace. Okay?' Alessandro st….

...had always taken for granted that the whole world was in a state of constantly fluctuating madness, and that a neurosis was not an illness, but a ….

I think Shakespeare is everybody's treasure..