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“Despite masks and fancy dress I couldn't lose myself for one instant in all this exuberance. You have to be an Italian, lighthearted and…

— Hella S. Haasse

“Italians stand up a lot at bars,” I comment, taking the glass of water Luca’s pushing toward me. It’s fizzy, with ice and lime…

— Lauren Henderson

“Domenico had that ‘look-at-me I’ve-got-money’ attitude about him. A proper nouveau riche . In combination with his pig-like table manners at home, it was…

— K.A. Merikan

“The spirit of Italy has taken over my soul. I'm relaxed, happy, warm. It's as if i'm part of the earth, not just standing…

— Mary Hogan

“Niccolò, for God’s sake, they accused me of being an accessory to murder, they said I planted a gun at that villa, they’ve indicted…

— Douglas Preston

“The beauty of Florence made up for many ugly things he saw in his work. (Commissario Garini's view of Florence,Italy.)”

— Beate Boeker

“And looking like sex on a stick – if sex were Italian and the stick had an unfair amount of charisma.”

— Penny Reid

“Then, I will be a real Italian girl, instead of a total American who still can't hear someone across the street to his friend…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Ciao, bello!' The coal-eyed beauty who had kissed Jason through the Fiat's window appeared through the crowd, her pretty red mouth smiling. Utterly ignoring…

— Madeleine Ker

“I knew, of course, that I should be well paid for my services, but I would gladly have accepted half the sum I expected…

— Catherine Crowe

“Italy still has a provincial sophistication that comes from its long history as a collection of city states. That, combined with a hot climate,…

— Roger Allam

“Augustus glanced away from the screen ever so briefly. “You look nice,” he said. I was wearing this just-past-the-knees dress I’d had forever. “Girls…

— John Green