The Lady in the Palazzo Quotes

“Everything about this evening is both exquisite and bewildering and I can't decide if I want to go on with this dream or run back down the yellow-lit rock to the stable. But the stable door is closed.”
― Marlena De Blasi, The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria

“It was Don Paolo's birthday and all the people of the village were gathered in the piazza to celebrate him. The band played, the wine flowed, the children danced, and, as he stood for a moment alone under the pergola, a little girl approached the the beloved priest. "But Don Paolo, are you not happy?" she asked him. "Of course I am happy," he assured the little girl. "Why, then, aren't you crying?”
― Marlena De Blasi, The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria

“I preferred one waltz with a beauty to a lifetime with someone less rare.”
― Marlena De Blasi, The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria

“You're the type who will perish from exuberance.”
― Marlena De Blasi, The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria

“I wonder if a few drops of a melting soul aren't what make a really fine loaf of bread.”
― Marlena De Blasi, The Lady in the Palazzo: At Home in Umbria