Humor Quote by Andrea Camilleri

“rosticceria . . . cuddriruni . . . arancini supplì: A rosticceria is a take-out restaurant serving mostly roast meats; cuddriruni is a Sicilian sort of focaccia, served with a…

— Andrea Camilleri

“They ate in religious silence, the corners of their mouths smeared with ricotta cream. Which, the rules say, must be removed with a slow,…

— Andrea Camilleri

Wearing glasses for reading meant surrendering to old age without the least bit of a fight.

— Andrea Camilleri

“It meant that, today, to enter any place whatsoever – an airport, a bank, a jeweller’s or watchmaker’s shop – you had to submit…

— Andrea Camilleri

“To distract himself, he formulated a proposition. A philosophical proposition? Maybe, but tending towards "weak thought"--exhausted thought, in fact. He even gave this proposition…

— Andrea Camilleri

“From the pit of his stomach a violent spasm of nausea rose up and seized his throat. He ran to the bathroom, barely able…

— Andrea Camilleri

“Giulio was against our meeting. He didn't want me getting mixed up in things that, in his opinion, were no concern of mine. For…

— Andrea Camilleri

The memory of the aged becomes clearer and clearer with time. It has no pity.

— Andrea Camilleri

“And in our dark days, with so many threatening clouds on the horizon, he concluded, we puff up a story like this to drug…

— Andrea Camilleri

But then why, when talking on the phone, did they quarrel, on average at least once every four sentences? Maybe, though the inspector, it…

— Andrea Camilleri

Montalbano felt moved. This was real friendship, Sicilian friendship, the kind based on intuition, on what was left unsaid. With a true friend, one…

— Andrea Camilleri

“one cannot be held forever to a less-than-honorable act, after a life of great integrity, just because of one moment of weakness.”

— Andrea Camilleri