Casa Rossa Quotes

“Inutile piangere sul latte versato. (No use crying over spilled milk.)”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“Love sometimes makes people ruthless in a way that not even hatred can.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“Jealousy is a disease, it's like a poison.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“I think part of me doesn't want to remember him, for fear of missing him too much.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“Maybe that's what happens with age, I thought. All your life you force yourself to forget people who have hurt you, but as you get older and weaker their memory surfaces again, like a bubble in the water. You have to surrender, because you feel to tired to fight it and push it down again. And maybe, unexpectedly, you find out that instead, of revamping your anger, those memories produce an unexpected sweetness.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“You'll understand me when you're older. Then you'll see how men can blind you. And I mean blind you. To the point that you're no longer yourself.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“I can't say why some memories float and other sink.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“We knew nothing of loss. Nobody has taught us about pain. Until that moment, death had just amounted to a scary sound.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“You know, when you're unhappy you don't have the strength left to take care of others. But it doesn't mean you don't love them.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“Telling the truth can be a dirty job.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“Passion - eventually it cools.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“You chose to live here now. You should try to live in the present.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“It may be possible to forget our past but our past is not going to forget us.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“It would drive me crazy to be a guest in my own house.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“Are you lovers?"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you mind my asking you?"
"Yes."
"It's off the record."
"Then why do you need to know?"
Daniel Moore smiled. A large, happy smile.
"Because I would like to ask you to dinner.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“What kind of heart does one have to have in order to be able to get rid of these, without regret, as if they were empty beer cans?”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“I'd rather stay asleep than have to learn all those frightening secrets.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“It's not easy to give up something you've had all your life.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa

“It was nice to borrow a slice of extra time.”
― Francesca Marciano, Casa Rossa