“The spring is the lovely time when we all hurry out in to the open to finally get to inhale fresh exhausts.”

“I would really like, in fact, to be born again in another two hundred years' time.”

“Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.”

“In the Land of Toys, every day, except Sunday, is a Saturday. Vacation begins on the first of January and ends on the last day of December. That is the place for me! All countries should be like it! How happy we should all be!”

“If food was no longer obliged to make intercontinental journeys, but stayed part of a system in which it can be consumed over short distances, we would save a lot of energy and carbon dioxide emissions. And just think of what we would save in ecological terms without long-distance transportation, refrigeration, and packaging--which ends up on the garbage dump anyway--and storage, which steals time, space, and vast portions of nature and beauty.”

“Dopo mangiato, sono rimasta per un po' appoggiata alla finestra, ascoltando il leggero mormorio dell'onda e guardando il faro, che mi dava una sensazione strana, con la sua luce a tratti così intensa e subito dopo tanto fioca. Ecco l'immagine della vita, dicevo tra me e me: per un attimo tutto risplende in noi e intorno a noi, ma le nostre illusioni ben presto si affievoliscono!”

“Certainly the heart has always something to tell about the future to those who listen to it. But what does the heart know? Scarce a little of what has already happened. ”