"Sicily has suffered 13 foreign dominations from which she has taken both the best and the worst. The sequence of different cultures has made Sicily a fascinating place, quite unlike any other."

-- Andrea Camilleri

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“To be a leader in the Church has always required strength and faith beyond the merely human.”
“Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation.”
“The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.”
“But what was my motivation was music, and the fact that I love to move around. I'm always moving around.”
“Why seek out the tried and true, instead of experiences that will stretch you?”
“In a sense, New Age gurus are akin to postmodernists within academia. They dispense meaningless drivel that masquerades as profound truths whilst in reality it is a mere exercise in obscurantism”
“When a girl feels that sheâ€™s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. Thatâ€™s charm”
“Painting doesn't have a function, not in the way that music or film does... I mean, you can dance to music. Music can be used for a soundtrack, so it has a function in that sense, beyond itself. But painting doesn't... But I do believe that painting has a purpose.”

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