"But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible……" — Anne Fortier
"But he is an Italian," was Umberto's sensible reply. "He doesn't care if you break some law a little bit, as long as you wear beautiful shoes. Are you wearing beautiful shoes? Are you wearing the shoes I gave you?...principessa?" I looked down at my flip-flops. "I guess I'm toast."
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38 Quotes by Anne Fortier
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You were right and I was wrong. When life hurts more than death, it is not worth living.
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as a bird swoops down on it's prey, and assumes this land bound wretch into heaven, so did romeo steal…
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