The Botticelli Secret Quotes

“Love is when you like someone so much you have to call it something else.”
― Marina Fiorato, The Botticelli Secret

“A world of words where the black characters printed on the parchment he held meant more to this monk than the people or places around him.”
― Marina Fiorato, The Botticelli Secret

“Florence looks like gold and smells like sulphur.”
― Marina Fiorato, The Botticelli Secret

“There’s a Florentine saying that if you don’t find the Mercata Nuova interesting, then you are dead.”
― Marina Fiorato, The Botticelli Secret

“Amore è quando qualcuno ti piace talmente tanto che devi dargli un altro nome.”
― Marina Fiorato, The Botticelli Secret

“Ma vie piu lieta, piu ridente a belle/ ardisce aprire il seno al sol la rosa.... which express that the rose is more daring then the humble violet!”
― Marina Fiorato, The Botticelli Secret

“she hauled herself up from the streets, for she was once no more than a courtesan. She is reputed to rule her husband; they say that beneath her fine gowns hangs a prick and her balls clang together like a ring o' bells for the doge has none.”
― Marina Fiorato, The Botticelli Secret