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> [“The only institution in the Sicilian conscience that really counts is the family; counts, that is to say, more as a dramatic juridical contract or bond than as a natural association based on affection. The family is the Sicilians’ State.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/the-only-institution-in-the-sicilian-conscience-that-really-counts-is/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

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## More by Leonardo Sciascia

> [“Translation is the other side of a tapestry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/translation-is-the-other-side-of-a-tapestry/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [All of Sicily is a dimension of the imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/all-of-sicily-is-a-dimension-of-the-imagination/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [A sort of melancholy, and regret, seizes us every time we meet a sophisticated, adulterated idiot. Oh the nice fools of yestertime! Genuine, natural.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/a-sort-of-melancholy-and-regret-seizes-us-every-time-we-meet-a/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [“…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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/and-the-sound-of-the-sea-like-the-wild-animal-breath-of-the-world/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [“il brigadiere cominciò a fare il suo lavoro di osservazione, in funzione del rapporto scritto che gli toccava poi fare: compito piuttosto ingrato sempre,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/il-brigadiere-cominci-a-fare-il-suo-lavoro-di-osservazione-in/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [I hate and detest Sicily in so far as I love it, and in so far as it does not respond to the kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/i-hate-and-detest-sicily-in-so-far-as-i-love-it-and-in-so-far-as-it/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [“The only institution in the Sicilian conscience that really counts is the family; counts, that is to say, more as a dramatic juridical contract…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/the-only-institution-in-the-sicilian-conscience-that-really-counts-is/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [“Scientists say that the palm tree line, that is the climate suitable to growth of the palm, is moving north, five hundred metres, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/scientists-say-that-the-palm-tree-line-that-is-the-climate-suitable/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [“Maybe the whole of italy is becoming a sort of Sicily.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/maybe-the-whole-of-italy-is-becoming-a-sort-of-sicily/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/the-sicilian-language-is-the-only-one-in-europe-that-has-no-future/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/there-s-a-proverb-a-maxim-that-runs-the-dead-man-is-dead-let-s-give-a/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [The best thing on translation was said by Cervantes: translation is the other side of a tapestry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/the-best-thing-on-translation-was-said-by-cervantes-translation-is/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

> [The truth is at the bottom of a well. You look in a well, and you see the sun or the moon, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-sciascia/the-truth-is-at-the-bottom-of-a-well-you-look-in-a-well-and-you-see/)

[Leonardo Sciascia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-sciascia/)

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