“Pino at that moment seemed to me like a portal into a long-ago world where the ghosts of war and courage, the demons of hatred and inhumanity, and the arias of faith and love still played out within the good… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I will give you some advice, Vorarbeiter. Advice that could change your life.” “Oui, mon général?” “Doing favors,” Leyers said. “They help wondrously over… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“How do you find happiness?” Anna paused, then said, “You start by looking right around you for the blessings you have.” — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“we can’t stop loving our fellow man, Pino, because we’re frightened. If we lose love, all is lost.” — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“How do men think of such wickedness?” Anna asked as wax dripped down the candle and pooled about the holder. “Don’t they fear for their souls?” Pino thought about Rauff and the Black Shirts wearing the hoods. “I don’t think men like that care about their souls,” Pino said, finishing the veal. “It’s like they’ve already gone to evil, and… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share
“It all made Pino realize that the earth did not know war, that nature would go on no matter what horror one man might… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Music. Wine. A cigar. The small luxuries of life are how we survive what the mind can’t fathom.” — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“forty-nine thousand Jews in Italy at the time of the Nazi invasion, some forty-one thousand evaded arrest or survived the concentration camps.” — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“You know, my young friend, I will be ninety years old next year, and life is still a constant surprise to me. We never know what will happen next, what we will see, and what important person will come into our life, or what important person we will lose. Life is change, constant change, and unless we are lucky enough… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share
“You know, my young friend, I will be ninety years old next year, and life is still a constant surprise to me. We never know what will happen next, what we will see, and what important person will come into our life, or what important person we will lose. Life is change, constant change, and unless we are lucky enough… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share
“Anna said. “I’m a student of happiness, you know. It’s all I really want—happiness, every day for the rest of my life. Sometimes happiness comes to us. But usually you have to seek it out. I read that somewhere.” “And that’s all you want? Happiness?” “What could be better?” “How do you find happiness?” Anna paused, then said, “You start… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share
“Pino saw the trials of the past few weeks in a different light, and he felt excited and filled with new purpose. “You want me to guide them, Father?” Pino asked. “The three Jews?” “Three of God’s children whom he loves,” Father Re said. “Will you help them?” “Of course. Yes.” The priest put his hand on Pino’s shoulder. “I… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share
“We never know what will happen next, what we will see, and what important person will come into our life, or what important person we will lose. Life is change, constant change, and unless we are lucky enough to find comedy in it, change is nearly always a drama, if not a tragedy. But after everything, and even when the… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share
