The Italian Villa Quotes

“Every moment of pain, of fear, of loneliness and confusion, every choice I’d had to make, every time I’d had to be strong and keep faith, and take risks with places and people I knew nothing about, everything was meant to lead me to here, and now.”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Villa

“I think I want to believe that all the twists and turns take us to where we need to be.” “If that is true, you”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Villa

“I cried for a long time, the kind of sobbing you can only indulge in when you're alone, and the child inside you is doing the crying for both the little girl you were and the woman you've become”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Island

“have nothing to be ashamed about. Not this time. I won't have shame taint what's not tainted, in the name of the past”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Island

“His and Elvira's project was so worthy. I was almost jealous that he should have this goal, this singlemindedness in his life. I had no idea what to do with myself yet - there was nothing I wanted desperately, or I believed in with all my heart. I hoped that this trip would uncover more than my family history: I hoped it would uncover...me.”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Island

“One thing I knew: nobody would ever love me or understand me as my father had done. He'd left me alone in a world I did not belong to”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Island

“And so, Mira's life began. The pattern of disappointing everyone's expectations continued as she grew to be defiant when she should have been compliant, and sickly when she should have been strong - not a very inviting prospect as a wife for another rich family's heir - but most of all, she bore the primal fault that had thwarted so many lives, in so many places, in so many ages and times since the very beginning of human history: she was a girl, when she should have been a boy”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Island

“I tilted my head to once side, staring at the piece of paper.”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Villa

“Two things I’d learned, in my brief time as a doctor: that poverty and ignorance do even more damage than sickness; and that war kills in many ways, not just by catching a bullet in your body.”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Villa

“It was the fragrance of memories. Lost voices whispered in my ear.”
― Daniela Sacerdoti, The Italian Villa