Italy Quote by Sarah Dunant

“And the sun went down, and we had supper in an Italian place, and then I knocked on the front door of the beautiful…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“The harp player had just fallen off the stage and cracked his head on an Italian tourist’s pint. There was a big cheer, and…

— Pete McCarthy

“But they hushed, all at once and quite abruptly, when he stood still at center stage, his arms straight out from his shoulders, and…

— Denis Johnson

“It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan…

— Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

“We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow.”

— William Shakespeare

“As virtuous men pass mildly away And whisper to their souls, to goe, While some of their friends doe say, The breath goes now,…

— John Donne

“I hope for a light grief in old age. I was born in Rome and it has returned to me. My autumn was a…

— Anonymous

“He was still climbing. Here and there doors opened revealing vast rooms, dormitories with heavy joists where bells were sleeping. A vague feeling stirred…

— Georges Rodenbach

“I turned up the inane sound effects and let them fill the room, setting up an atmosphere of mind-body pollution while Miss Chianti and…

— Alice Yi-Li Yeh

“He had laid his head back until his scalp had contacted his spine, that far back, and opened his throat, and a sound rose…

— Denis Johnson

“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

“The only sounds here were lazy, ponderous, gentle sounds. A bee hung low in the warm afternoon haze, and he watched it unafraid, listened…

— Michael Montoure