A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between that which is speculation and that which is fact.
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. - Donna Leon
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
- Donna Leon
This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ? - Donna Leon
This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ?
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its g… - Donna Leon
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its g…
I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline. - Donna Leon
I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.
favors are always for ourselves. Especially when we ask for things for other people. - Donna Leon
favors are always for ourselves. Especially when we ask for things for other people.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. - Donna Leon
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most liberal and illumined of the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters. - Donna Leon
The Germans and Austrians are very polite, the Swiss are very reserved and the Spanish usually kiss me. The Brits write me letters.
So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that. - Donna Leon
So much of contemporary crime fiction is painful to read and obsessed with violence, particularly against women, and I can't read that.
I don't go to the movies because I don't like films. - Donna Leon
I don't go to the movies because I don't like films.
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