The Negro is not the man farthest down. The condition of the coloured farmer in the most backward parts of the Southern… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
“Noi fummo i Gattopardi, i Leoni; quelli che ci sostituiranno saranno gli sciacalletti, le iene; e tutti quanti gattopardi, sciacalli e pecore,… — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
“Her gaze dims as her nostalgia for Palermo overcomes her. Those smells of seaweed dried by the sun, of capers, of ripe… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“All Sicilian expression, even the most violent, is really wish fulfillment: our sensuality is a hankering for oblivion, our shooting and knifing… — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 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… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“sticks and stones might break your bones, but cement pays homage to tradition.” — Estelle Getty Copy Share Image
“Sicilians never forget and they never forgive. This is a truth you must always keep in mind.” — Edward Falco Copy Share Image
“For over twenty-five centuries we’ve been bearing the weight of superb and heterogeneous civilizations, all from outside, none made by ourselves, none… — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
“One encounters in the streets, late at night on the evenings of fetes, the most strange and bizarre passers-by. Do these nights… — Jean Lorrain 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… — Leonardo Sciascia Copy Share Image
“You texted Garcia for help?" Jack gritted out. "Garcia? Not me?" "He has a gun." "So do I." "He's steady and reliable,"… — Sara Desai Copy Share Image
