“The Sicilian language is the only one in Europe that has no future tense. The island’s bitter legacy of conquest and revolt seems to have stunted its inhabitants’ ability to conceive of a time outside this recurrent cycle. At” — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
A sort of melancholy, and regret, seizes us every time we meet a sophisticated, adulterated idiot. Oh the nice fools of yestertime! Genuine, natural.… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“…And the sound of the sea, like the wild-animal breath of the world itself, frightened them as it gasped and died at their feet.” — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“il brigadiere cominciò a fare il suo lavoro di osservazione, in funzione del rapporto scritto che gli toccava poi fare: compito piuttosto ingrato sempre,… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“The only institution in the Sicilian conscience that really counts is the family; counts, that is to say, more as a dramatic juridical contract… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“Scientists say that the palm tree line, that is the climate suitable to growth of the palm, is moving north, five hundred metres, I… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“The Sicilian language is the only one in Europe that has no future tense. The island’s bitter legacy of conquest and revolt seems to… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“There's a proverb, a maxim, that runs, 'The dead man is dead; let's give a hand to the living.' Now, you say that to… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry. — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
