“This is going to be a little uncomfortable”

“When the waiter brought the cheese-board, there was a large carrot carved in the shape of a mermaid sitting between the Dolcelatte and the Pecorino. Teo could have sworn that the carrot-mermaid flexed her tail and plunged her little hand inside a smelly Gorgonzola. 'Tyromancy, ye know,' remarked the mermaid. 'The Ancient Art of Divination by Cheese.' Then she pulled her tiny hand out and inspected the green cheese-mold on her tiny fingers. 'Lackaday!' she moaned. 'Stinking! It goes poorly for Venice and Teodora, it do!”

“Estou manchado com esplendor corrupto, sou um código para segredos obscuros, sou um ser à parte, fui gerado na decadência, e vivo sobre a água. Sou o mais diferente possível de ti, e no entanto não sou propriamente um turco ou um peixe" Casanova”

“Family is family," sighed the gondolier."Family is everything," declared Marta Gasperin”

“I hate diversity workshops. “Real change comes from having enough comfort to be really honest and say something very uncomfortable.”

“This was the boy I loved. A little bit messy. A little bit ruined. A beautiful disaster. Just like me.”

“This little piggie went to market(ing). This little piggie stayed home (to write). That's it. Story over. The third was an idiot.”