a novel Quotes

“A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don’t know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn’t even be worth reading.”

“Daniel could still remember one of his first visit to his friend’s house. The front door was half-open and inside nothing moved, not a sound could be heard _as if the house were deserted.”

“The Path is a new life where you have the chance of truly finding yourself. This pilgrimage can be a return to the basics of the human nature, paying attention to the small simple things that we always forget in our busy lives...”

“She is constantly shaking, does not accept contradiction, and tries to subordinate everything that surrounds her.”

“At the Medeleni is a novel about an idealized childhood and adolescence, designed in an Edenic patriarchal setting.”

″ Malibu: August 1983. It’s the day of Nina Riva’s annual end-of-summer party, and anticipation is at a fever pitch. Everyone wants to be around the famous Rivas.”

“I’m suddenly desperate to drink in every drop of his being, desperate to savor every moment I’ve never known before. I suddenly worry that there’s an expiration date on this phenomenon.”

“The only person not looking forward to the party of the year is Nina herself, who never wanted to be the center of attention, and who has also just been very publicly abandoned by her pro tennis player husband.”

“While Hornblower replenishes his supplies the 50-gun Spanish ship Natividad is sighted off the coast. Unwilling to risk fighting the much more powerful ship in a sea battle,..”