But the English do not know what surprise is. No one ever turns his head to look at anyone else in the street. — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
I begin to suspect that England is the most melancholy country in the world. — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
As soon as we see our dreams betrayed we realize that the intensest joys of our life have nothing to do with reality, and… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all. — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not shrewdness but frankness and a love of truth; not tact but love for one's neighbor and self-denial; not… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share
Italy is a country which is willing to submit itself to the worst governments. It is, as we know, a country ruled by disorder,… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
England is a country where people stay exactly as they are. The soul does not receive the slightest jolt. — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
The course of our lives follows ancient and immutable laws, with an ancient, changeless rhythm. Dreams never come true, and the instant they are shattered, we realize how the greatest joys of life lie beyond the realm of reality. The instant they are shattered we are sick with longing for the days when they flamed within us. Our fate spends… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share
But that was the best time of my life, and only now that it has gone from me forever -- only now do I… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
“When I write something I usually think it is very important and that I am a very fine writer. I think this happens to… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
The true defense against wealth is not a fear of wealth - of its fragility and of the vicious consequences that it can bring… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
