“At the same time, Ambrosio had given me a brief glimpse of a different, compelling sort of life, a life in which there seemed to be more time for family and conversation, for stories and food, a life I was… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“This again was the curious thing about Ambrosio, his willingness to live fully inside the moment, whatever its virtue or folly, without regard for… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“We all had our secrets, and maybe the most terrible of them was that we weren't exactly who we thought we were, who we said we were, who we dreamed of being, that we were divided and at war and half made of self-mythologies, too. Sometimes on that staircase spiraling up from the darkness, we met ourselves coming up into… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share
“From a footnote: Writes Clifton Fadiman: "A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“Only occasionally can you glimpse through the embrasures of an otherwise perfectly polite person to see the cannons aimed out, only in a certain… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“In our national parlance, what's usually meant by the word "maverick" is someone who skirts the edge of sanity--or is so insane as to… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“In the end, it wasn't so much that there was an alternative narrative--there always was--but it came down to belief: Which one did you… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“Take your hallowed halls of Congress or the littered floor of the Stock Exchange, America is built on its pancake houses!” — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“At first, you fall in love. You wake in the morning woozy and your twilight is lit with astral violet light. You spelunk down… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“After the cafes of Paris with their exquisite wines and creamy fromages, crepes and steak tartare-- screaming Adore me!-- Madrid was these store-bought hunks… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“Mark, she now could see, was destined for a life of absolute logic [...], while she, the Etch a Sketcher, thought herself destined for… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
“Learn to listen to this silence, because it will tell you many things, unimaginable things, things of great beauty and meaning.” — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
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