“to the Piazzale Loreto and machine-gunned them to death. I saw . . .” He broke down. “Tullio was one of them.” Uncle Albert and his father looked gut-shot. Aunt Greta said, “That’s not true! You must have seen someone else.” Pino,… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Uncle Albert fished in a canvas bag for bread, wine, cheese, and dried salami. The Beltraminis broke out five ripe cantaloupes. Pino’s father sat in the grass next to his violin case, his arms wrapped around his knees and an… — 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… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“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… — 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… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“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… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Pino saw the trials of the past few weeks in a different light, and he felt excited and filled with new purpose. “You want… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“We never know what will happen next, what we will see, and what important person will come into our life, or what important person… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
