“Remember what you always told me. Hold on tight and fight as hard as you can.”

“Three Italians sitting around a kitchen table without food or drink is a sure sign of trouble.”

“Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.”

“I know that the whole pointthe only pointis tofind the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse tolet them go.”

“No one lived forever. But you fought for every minute you could get. Bought a little more with a lot of hard work.”

“Maybe people like us cant be happy. Maybe were too damaged and the only thing we can do is to learn how to hate ourselves a little less.”

“Sometimes you're trying so hard to get your life together and still it's not enough, everything is falling apart. What to do, you're asking. Just keep going through hell for yourself, not for every...”

“He saw her red eyes filled with tears of anger. "Tell me why this rage?" He asked holding her in his arms. "Why do you fence for yourself so much?She sighed and muttered, "Because all I really want...”