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1 " God knows I had not wanted to fall in love with her. I had not wanted to fall in love with any one. But God knows I had and I lay on the bed in the room of the hospital in Milan and all sorts of things went through my head but I felt wonderful... "
― Ernest Hemingway , A Farewell to Arms
2 " Hawaii was paradise, Milan was beautiful but New York was electric. "
― Lindsey Kelk , A Girl's Best Friend (A Girl #3)
3 " Every person writes his or her life story similar to how a musician composes music. Author Milan Kundera noted, ‘Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of great distress.’ Guided by their aesthetic sense of beauty, a person transforms the intentional and fortuitous events of their life into an expressive episodic motif, which artistic creation assumes a permanent place in the composition of his or her conscious mind. "
4 " Florence and Milan had given him ideas more flexible than those of people who'd stayed at home. "
― Hilary Mantel , Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
5 " Men of learning in Milan have not enjoyed proper respect. They hid themselves in their laboratories and thought themselves lucky if . . . priests left them alone. All is changed today. Thought in Italy is free. Inquisition, intolerance, despots have vanished. I invite scholars to meet and propose what must be done to give science and the arts a new flowering. "
― Napoléon Bonaparte , Correspondance générale, Tome I: Les apprentissages, 1784-1797
6 " How do you thank someone like Woody Allen or Milan Kundera—when they have shared ideas with you that are no less than life-saving, when they have given you some of your happiest moments, sharing what they have learned like a parent or a friend? Do you hunt them down and shake their hand? Do you ask for their autograph? Would that even the balance? And how do you thank Orson Welles or Oscar Wilde—people who are no longer with us? There is only one way to show your gratitude, and that is to give their precious gift back, return it the way you received it: write. "
― Anthony Marais
7 " New England is a finished place. Its destiny is that of Florence or Venice not Milan while the American empire careens onward toward its predicted end ... it is the first American section to be finished to achieve stability in the conditions of its life. It is the first old civilization the first permanent civilization in America. "
8 " Canada is not so much a country as a clothesline nearly 4 000 miles long. St John's in Newfoundland is closer to Milan Italy than to Vancouver. "
9 " I drive around on my scooter in Milan alone - we don't have bodyguards or anything like that. I am a fashion designer, not a celebrity, and although I get stopped for autographs and the like, I don't think I am famous. "
10 " Sometimes I have ice cream for lunch. Gelateria Sempione in Milan is the best in the world, hands down. The chocolate sorbetto is amazing. "
11 " I quit my job in the bank when I was 19. I took a chance. I went to Milan to study opera and singing. My father really supported me economically. "
12 " On my birthday, I was in Milan for the collections. "
