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One Italian Summer QUOTES

One Italian Summer QUOTES

1 " The present is relentless. It forces us over and over again to pay attention. It requires all of us. As well it should. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

2 " I think I'm really good at travel and less good at what happens when you stand still," he says. "I like to be a visitor. In places, in hotels, sometimes in other people's lives. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

3 " History, memory is by definition fiction. Once an event is no longer present, but remembered, it is narrative. And we can choose the narratives we tell—about our own lives, our own stories, our own relationships. We can choose the chapters we give meaning. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

4 " My mother, you see, is the great love of my life. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

5 " What got you here won't get you there. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

6 " i hope you walk through the world knowing your value. I hope you find a passion--something you love, something that lights you up inside. I hope you find the peace and confidence it takes to trust where your path leads. Remember it is only yours. Others can wave and cheer, but no one can give you directions. They have not been where you are going. I hope you will understand someday that just because you become a mother doesn't mean you stop becoming a woman. And above all else, I hope you know that even if you can't see me, I am always with you. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

7 " History is an asset, not a detriment. It's nice to be with someone who knows you, who knows your history. It will get even more important the longer you live. Learning how to find your way back can be harder than starting over. But damn, if you can, it's worth it. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

8 " What got you here, won't get you there. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

9 " It’s possible actions only have the weight we give them,” she says. “We can decide what something means. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

10 " We made promises in a world lit with light. We do not know how to keep them in the darkness "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

11 " I hope you’ll understand someday that just because you become a mother doesn’t mean you stop being a woman. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

12 " My mother was the first person you called for a recipe (a cup of onions, garlic, don’t forget the pinch of sugar) and the last one you called at night when you just couldn’t sleep (a cup of hot water with lemon, lavender oil, magnesium pills). She knew the exact ratio of olive oil to garlic in any recipe, and she could whip up dinner from three pantry items, easy. She had all the answers. I, on the other hand, have none of them, and now I no longer have her. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

13 " Every day the world is born again. Every day the sun rises. It is a miracle, I think. A simple, everyday miracle. Life. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

14 " And finally to you, this time around: one of life’s most important challenges is determining what to hold on to and what to let go of. Do not be fooled into believing that you do not know which is which. Follow the feeling, follow it all the way home. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

15 " There's something about photography I love -- a whole memory caught in a moment. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

16 " I’d like to kiss you,” he says. I hear it in my rib cage. “But I’m not going to unless you tell me it’s okay. I know you’re in a weird spot. I also know we’re here, and there is a very big full moon, and your lips look like watermelon. The good kind. The breakfast kind. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

17 " There is more to life than just continuing to do what we know. What got you here won’t get you there. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

18 " Do not be fooled into believing that you do not know which is which. Follow the feeling, follow it all the way home. "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

19 " The difference between being good and bad at something is just interest, "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer

20 " It’s possible actions only have the weight we give them, "

― Rebecca Serle , One Italian Summer