The Italian Girls Quotes

“When women take up a cause you can assume it has been won!’ Italian proverb”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls

“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.’ – William Blake”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls

“Money," he often said to Livia, "can be a curse as well as a comfort. Better to spend your life making a difference to people's lives, rather than counting coins in a vault.”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls

“Photograph”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls

“He laughed ironically as he pulled up outside her house. He turned to look at her. 'I don't think you understand how the real world works, Isabella.' He gazed at her and touched her cheek. 'You have lived in the world of make-believe for so long, you can't see the truth in front of your eyes.”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls

“Livia felt bereft as she waved goodbye to Elena and her father the following morning. It was unbearable to have been left up in the hill with her mother, out of harm's way, while down on the plain in Florence, the Resistance was forging ahead. She would never be content with an ordinary life, she realised. The business of running a home, loving a husband, raising a child, would never be enough for her. She yearned for danger, for challenges and excitement, and she was determined to get back to her real existence as soon as possible.”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls

“Back on the train, travelling along the coast towards Nice, Isabella realised that Mimi had been right, She had spent ten years feeling she was entitled to the rewards of her hard work, that the money and position were what she deserved. Her relationships - such as they were - with the Fascist authorities were a necessary evil. But she had been lulled into a sense of false security; she had stopped seeing the world through other people's eyes and as a result had failed to understand the extent of their suffering. For the first time in her life she felt guilty about her privileged position.”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls

“Livia felt her pulse quicken. She began to turn the pages of the paper, searching for a longer obituary. As she read about Isabella's life - of her wartime experiences, of the scandals, the trial - she thought back to those days during the war, when trust in Italy was in short supply, betrayal was everywhere and the world went mad.”
― Debbie Rix, The Italian Girls