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 you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you?...principessa?" I looked down at my flip-flops. "I guess I'm toast.
A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different p… - Anne Fortier
A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different p…
- Anne Fortier
When the old men fight, the young people die. - Anne Fortier
When the old men fight, the young people die.
In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer. - Anne Fortier
In many ways, a degree in the history of ideas is the ideal training for an aspiring writer.
For as long as I could remember, he had never worn a single piece of clothing that could be considered casual. Khaki shorts and golf shirts, to Umber… - Anne Fortier
For as long as I could remember, he had never worn a single piece of clothing that could be considered casual. Khaki shorts and golf shirts, to Umber…
I wish I had the power to flip my reality upside down like an hourglass, and that life wasn't a finite affair, but rather a perpetually recurring pas… - Anne Fortier
I wish I had the power to flip my reality upside down like an hourglass, and that life wasn't a finite affair, but rather a perpetually recurring pas…
There is a trick to flying. The angels told me." He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as a human being. When yo… - Anne Fortier
There is a trick to flying. The angels told me." He had smiled at my wide-eyed awe. "You need to forget everything you know as a human being. When yo…
We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence. - Anne Fortier
We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence.
...it is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see. - Anne Fortier
...it is fifty percent what they see, and fifty percent what they think they see.
And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his. - Anne Fortier
And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his.
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