“every day, no matter how flawed. And we must have faith in God, and in the Universe, and in a better tomorrow,… — Mark T. Sullivan Better tomorrow Copy Share Image
“The best thing is to grieve for the people you loved and lost, and then welcome and love the new people life… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“As far as Pino was concerned, wars were about murder and thievery. One army killed to steal the hill; then another killed… — Mark T. Sullivan Peace 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 Concentration camp Copy Share Image
“Working a man to death is the same as shooting a man to death,” the priest said. “Just a different choice of… — Mark T. Sullivan Death Copy Share Image
“But you are so full of love for me, it beams from you, makes me feel beautiful, which makes you beautiful to… — Mark T. Sullivan Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Your father is a wise man,” the cigar trader said. “Music. Wine. A cigar. The small luxuries of life are how we… — Mark T. Sullivan Cigar Copy Share Image
“They found the Jews, bound their wrists and ankles, and threw them into Lake Maggiore, where they were machine-gunned to death.” — Mark T. Sullivan Death Copy Share Image
“Pino remembered her telling him that she didn’t believe much in the future, that she tried to live moment by moment, looking… — Mark T. Sullivan Good life Copy Share Image
“I’m busy at the moment, Albert,” replied Pino’s Austrian aunt Greta, who was waiting on the Nazi. She was a tall, thin… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Pino dove into the snow and hugged the base of an old tree. Bullets raked the grove east to west and back… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“People are dying and you’re playing music?” Several people came into the hallway behind his mother, including his aunt, uncle, and father.… — Mark T. Sullivan Death Copy Share Image
“You see, Vorarbeiter, in the game of life, it is always preferable to be a man of the shadows, and even the… — Mark T. Sullivan Darkness 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.… — Mark T. Sullivan Better tomorrow Copy Share Image
“But after everything, and even when the skies turn scarlet and threatening, I still believe that if we are lucky enough to… — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“It became a pattern over the course of the following weeks. Every few days, two, three, or sometimes four travelers would ring… — Mark T. Sullivan Moon Copy Share Image
“Life is change, constant change, and unless we are lucky enough to find comedy in it, change is nearly always a drama,… — 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 Happiness Copy Share Image
“men arguing over nothing but the sheer Italian love of verbal battle and mock outrage.” — Mark T. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Someone very wise once told me that by opening our hearts, revealing our scars, we are made human and flawed and whole.” — Mark T. Sullivan Scar Copy Share Image
