Tartufo Quotes

“When a dog chooses to love a human, it is a timeless affair of the soul and spirit, a meeting far beyond the mortal body. An eternal entanglement is this mingling of the souls. A loyalty beyond language and all of life’s earthly matter.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“Grief is a tax. One you pay if you were lucky enough to love.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“The cat purrs in anticipation of anarchy.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“My coffee is the fuel of this village! The elixir of life! It is why everyone here lives into their late nineties!” “Yes, it’s essentially formaldehyde; you are preserving them all. Taxidermy works in much the same way.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“She is a small animal in awe of the miracle of life. Embedded in a glorious network since birth, she has always been enough. An unbreakable sense of belonging rooting her in place. Hope wraps its tentacles around her and lifts her to the stars.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“Loss brings everything into focus, doesn’t it? The fragile beauty of life. A desire to live fiercely. It sweeps away the dirt of anything unimportant, exposes the truth.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“With grief there are no perfect words waiting to be plucked from the sky, just a sea of sad feelings, everyone bobbing in the same boat.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“Delizia blinks twenty times. Her eyes refuse to believe what is happening. She starts toward the idiot postman when Chef Umberto Micucci is suddenly at her side. “Delizia, may I introduce Stanley Tucci?” The American actor extends a hand and a “piacere.” Delizia registers kind eyes, signature smile, an endangered old-world charm. The pleasing chestnut of his head. But Delizia has a fire to put out. Mumbling an apology, she is abandoning Stanley Tucci, jostling her way through the great hall.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“the cruelest people have the comfort of money and the good-hearted have none.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“For what is a tourist, truly, but an invader with blinding white crew socks and a selfie stick?”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“Well, then,” he says. “Let’s toast to Sofia. Our friend who lost her way. And to all of us and our beautiful village. May we eat well. Drink well. And enjoy every minute of life. It is, after all, the Italian way.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“A thought sinks its stinger into her. We are all on the hunt for something.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo

“Tartufo is a novel about good relationships.”
― Kira Jane Buxton, Tartufo