What you desire you call into being.

I don't think I know a single woman who knows what she looks like.

Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and doctrine, that they are God's chosen.

truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.

Italians do not regard food as merely fuel. They regard it as medicine for the soul, one of life's abiding pleasures.

the islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible.

Weather creates character.