"And the heart, when by its last beating it will have torn down the wall of shadow to lead me, Mother... Giuseppe Ungaretti
"The sense took shape, she refused and then gave in. The thought arose, which had the features of both." Karl Kraus
"Time does not always erase beauty or it is touched by tears and worries. My mother is sixty years old and more I look at she more beautiful she seems to me." Edmondo De Amicis
"Patience is the most heroic of virtues just because it has no heroic appearance." G. Leopardi G. Leopardi