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April 10, 2026
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"Signora, please stop being so sad. If you continue like this, I will be forced to make love to you. And I've never been unfaithful to my wife."
"No matter what happens, always keep your childish innocence. It's the most important thing."
"Regrets are a waste of time. They're the past crippling you in the present."
"Every day, I watch for the old man with the flowers, and I wonder, was he born here? Did he love someone here? Did he lose someone here? He doesn't seem as curious about me, but that's all right. These days, I'm something of a loner myself."
"The fact that I'm trying to speak Polish in Italy is one of the many surprises around here."
"In Italian, the literal translation of "to give birth" — "dare alla luce" — is: "to give to the light"."
"I'd like to make an offer on the house. This is what I can pay, minus the work on the place, buckets, nails ... chocolate, and a rental car to drive off a cliff when this all turns out to have been a terrible mistake."
"It's market day in Cortona — the piazza is an on-going party — and everyone is invited."