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“The experts are right, he thought. Venice is sinking. The whole city is slowly dying. One day the tourists will travel here by boat…

— Daphne du Maurier

“The fortnight at Venice passed quickly and sweetly-- perhaps too sweetly; I was drowning in honey, stingless.”

— Evelyn Waugh

“The city's canals outnumber those in Venice,”

— Lonely Planet

Venice is ever the fragile labyrinth at the edge of the sea and it reminds us how brief and perilous the journeys of our…

— Erica Jong

“He was aware for the first time of how quiet the city had gotten. After dark the streets and canals seemed to empty out.…

— Lev Grossman

“I told Papa of whole cities under water, streets filled with drifting seaweed and glittering fish”

— Mette Jakobsen

“I like fire and water. You are lucky to have both right here.” From " Desperate Pursuit in Venice" Chapter Two. Kataryna's response to Luca.”

— Karynne Summars

“Venice seems like a wonderful city in which to die a slow and alcoholic death, or to lose a loved one, or to lose…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“From my first sighting, I fall in immediate and passionate love with Venice.”

— Mackenzi Lee

“There is a harbour to be reached, after the storm has abated!”

— Avijeet Das

“General Grant seriously remarked to a particularly bright young woman that Venice would be a fine city if it were drained.”

— Henry Adams

To Forget Venice is a tour de force of ventriloquism. Elegant, contemporary, and wry, the voice at its center is also capable of disarming…

— Chase Twichell