Eternal

by Lisa Scottoline

the ventennio, the twenty years of Mussolini’s rule and a war that had turned Italy topsy-turvy, during which good had become bad and bad had become powerful.

“The fact that the interpretation of the novel is subjective leaves room for the reader to enter the analysis. It offers a space for the reader to think for himself, thereby leaving open the possibility of a higher, more universal truth. I didn’t learn that from the professor, I learned it from you.”

“Weak people abound, strong people abide.”

Her heart felt happy and full, and that was how she learned that

love warms the heart when it is given, regardless of whether it is received.

War was eternal, but so was peace. Death was eternal, but so was life. Darkness was eternal, but so was light. Hate was eternal, but above all, so was