Mark T. Sullivan

“No good-byes among old friends.”

— Mark T. Sullivan

“You are so full of salami.” “It’s”

— Mark T. Sullivan

“sometime with them.”

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“Some loves never die.”

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“Let not your heart be troubled,”

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“Nothing in life worth doing is easy,”

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“the world. They died in the 1980s.”

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“God damn it! Where’s my wine?”

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“The Giants on the Mountain by Luigi Pirandello.”

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“They were all fighting back, part of the growing resistance.”

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“Forgive an old man his memories,” Pino said. “Some loves never die.”

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“Sometimes happiness comes to us. But usually you have to seek it out.”

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“Forgotten Front.” Much of the amnesia was caused by Italians who’d”

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“In early February 2006, I was forty-seven and at the lowest point of my life.”

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“If you stay too close to someone like Hitler, you are going to burn someday.”

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“Platform 21 was where Jews disappeared on trains heading north.”

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“But the Nazi occupation of Italy and the Catholic underground railroad, which was formed to save the Italian Jews, have received scant…

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“power was bleeding from Benito Mussolini’s grasp like joy from a young widowed heart.”

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“We have ears everywhere, you know, Father. The Gestapo is like God. We hear all things.”

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“That sounded like love, Pino thought. When I fall in love, I think it will feel just like that.”

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“What do we do, Father?” “We have faith, Pino. We have faith and continue to do what is right.”

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“Pino shrugged. “Maybe he liked the sound of it. Pino Lella.” Mimo snorted. “You do live in a fantasy world.” They”

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“Do what I sometimes do when I get scared: imagine you’re someone else, someone who’s far braver and smarter.”

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“How do you find happiness?” Anna paused, then said, “You start by looking right around you for the blessings you have. When…

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“in the game of life, it is always preferable to be a man of the shadows, and even the darkness, if necessary.…

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“It all made Pino realize that the earth did not know war, that nature would go on no matter what horror one…

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“sure where this was going. “So,” his uncle continued, “I think to myself that if the German radio hunters are looking for…

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“Uncle Albert fished in a canvas bag for bread, wine, cheese, and dried salami. The Beltraminis broke out five ripe cantaloupes. Pino’s…

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“But now, my people will starve.” “Some might,” Leyers said. “But I answer to a greater authority. Any lack of enthusiasm for…

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“When you have done men favors, when you look out for others so they can prosper, they owe you. With each favor,…

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“To be young and in love. Isn’t it remarkable that something like that can happen in the middle of a war? It…

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“You see, Vorarbeiter, in the game of life, it is always preferable to be a man of the shadows, and even the…

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“By noon, Pino was sitting on the steps of La Scala where he could see the front of the Hotel Regina and…

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“Alberto Ascari says there have been atrocities, Father,” Pino said. “The Nazis have killed priests helping Jews. They’ve pulled them right off…

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“Pino saw the trials of the past few weeks in a different light, and he felt excited and filled with new purpose.…

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“It would be surprising if you didn’t hate me for what I’ve had to do today. A part of me hates myself.…

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“How do men think of such wickedness?” Anna asked as wax dripped down the candle and pooled about the holder. “Don’t they…

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“Let not your hearts be troubled,’” the cardinal of Milan said. “Those six words of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, are…

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“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.…

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“Let not your hearts be troubled,’” the cardinal of Milan said. “Those six words of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, are…

— Mark T. Sullivan