Siracusa Quotes

“Am I being too critical? That’s what happens when you feel shitty about yourself. You turn into a bitch.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“You are a long trail through the woods,” she said. “And in the woods people prefer a shortcut.” Our”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“what we want to believe about life: that good comes of bad and all the absurdities play out in your favor.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“In life one rarely knows which remarks of the hundreds uttered in the course of a day will turn out to be auspicious. In fiction, foreshadowing is planted and flagged in some (hopefully or desperately) subtle way, drama demands it.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“This is an example of why travel is important. It changes perspective. It alters your eyes and ears, puts unexpected notions into your head, provides aha moments.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“A man doesn’t recognize his own wife. Because she’s happy.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“I got lost sorting out the ways I had aged out of the situation I was in.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“We were social liars, amusing ourselves at dinner parties. Making it even more wicked and fun, this was the New York world of literati—people both brilliant and smug. We goofed on all of them. Our lies were power, we imagined, although why I’m not sure.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“serenading us with “Cielito Lindo.” How odd, isn’t that Spanish?”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“Don’t think I’m a snob, but Siracusa seemed like a tourist destination for people who were lower middle class. The Jersey Shore as opposed to Long Island Sound.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“What does a man do with an ugly truth? Will it fester? Will it fade?”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“Purell is a fetish. Once one carries it—I have noticed from those who do—it seems necessary throughout the day to cleanse. It reflects a constant awareness that the world is awash with bacteria and you, going about your innocent carefree way, are all the while collecting microbes that can murder you or at least give you the twenty-four-hour flu. It’s awkward to turn down Purell, so I didn’t. That struck almost as powerfully as the Pantheon, I’m ashamed to admit. It’s as if one is saying, I prefer germs, I prefer to eat with dirty hands, I have poor hygiene. I am a pig.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“Surprises don’t come from people we know well, certainly not people we love. We call them surprises but they are inevitabilities.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“I’m Catholic. I might have already mentioned that ’cause if you’re Catholic, is it ever fucking not on your mind? I eat guilt for breakfast. I’ll take life with a side of guilt—that’s a joke we cracked like once a month. What’s on the menu? Life with a side of guilt?”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“I thought about diving in, about crashing headfirst into the clear shallow sea, my head splintering. I also thought about the time between diving and landing when I imagine all people changed their minds. For me it was only a flirtation, not serious, merely an acknowledgment of how much I was dreading the next hours. It cheered me that I could have that fantasy.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“I didn’t know about the Purell. I don’t think I would have wanted to vacation with someone who brought Purell along. I even fantasized later that if I’d known about the Purell, maybe the vacation wouldn’t have happened. I didn’t remember Purell in London, perhaps it was a new fetish. Purell is a fetish. Once one carries it—I have noticed from those who do—it seems necessary throughout the day to cleanse. It reflects a constant awareness that the world is awash with bacteria and you, going about your innocent carefree way, are all the while collecting microbes that can murder you or at least give you the twenty-four-hour flu. It’s awkward to turn down Purell, so I didn’t. That struck almost as powerfully as the Pantheon, I’m ashamed to admit. It’s as if one is saying, I prefer germs, I prefer to eat with dirty hands, I have poor hygiene. I am a pig.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“And why do most of us want marriage? Crave it for status or for stability that is an illusion. Marriage can’t protect you from heartbreak or the random cruelties and unfairnesses life deals out. It’s”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“Should I get married? Should I be good? Astound the girl next door with my velvet suit and faustus hood? —GREGORY CORSO, “Marriage”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“I heard her surprise and then the sigh as we began the rhythm of connection and self-absorption, the miracle of sex.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“Finn closed in behind Taylor, an instinct like a mobster’s. Family first.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa

“The wine was as red as royal blood, the expensive glass was sexy to cradle.”
― Delia Ephron, Siracusa