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“Out here the sunsets were like Italian operas, torrid, emotional affairs that went on for three hours or more, hanging in the sky like…

— Paul Murray

“Nathaniel gave a dramatic sigh, "Oh to be perched in the rigging of the seabird, with no griping land-lovers about and only wind and…

— Nicole Sager The Heart of Arcrea

“The noise of horns and radios and shouted insults was part of the soundtrack of the capital (Hard-boiled P.I. Casta, on Rome, Italy)”

— Tobias Jones

“Giovanni always had music running through his head. Moments he experienced in life recalled for him scenes from operas. [Giovanni Tempesta]”

— Vincent B. Chip LoCoco

“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

“Restated constructively, the end of the adventure already drags the course of the man; he (Cagliostro) is in love with satiety. But she (Seraphina)…

— William Bolitho

“The mountains were breathtakingly beautiful. It was so serene and tranquil. The rising sun with other balloons around it painted the sky with a…

— Jenna Roads

“the crystal air, with some of the efficacy of faith, seemed to remove the mountains almost to the sea, bringing them so near that…

— O. Henry

“I whistled and made nothing of going. But the village was very peaceful and quiet, and the light mists were solemnly rising, as if…

— Charles Dickens

“On September 13, we were the kindling, and a monstrous god leaned over us to breathe. Clouds melted, brush trembled, and the ocean burned…

— Laura McNeal

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

— Mark T. Sullivan

“Everything changed, and eleven months later, here I was in the middle of the night with a gungho major, playing secret agent, hoping some…

— James R. Benn