“I couldn't stay away from her.”

“Promise me you wont run off in fear.”

“Ive been waiting for you for a very long time. I raised her off my shoulders, lowered her to me, and guided her legs around my waist. Why did you take so long to come to me?If I knew you were here,...”

“You're going to ruin me.”

“We filled the night air with light and shone brighter than all those millions of glittering stars watching us from the sky.”

“Hes not going to stop this. Hes really going to kill himself.”

“But because of you, I learned to love and not fear. Because of you, I can be loved and not be tormented. Because of you, I feel like a woman and not a victim.”

“Scusi mia bella*, but it runs in the blood of all Italians to be skillful lovers. So you have to get used to this.”

“You can't push me away, mio cuore. You can't!”

“Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that youve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you sa...”

“As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.”

“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there i...”