“You will see a majestic town, backed against the hills of the Alps, superb both for its men and its walls, the view of which alone suggests its being dominant over the sea.” – Francesco Petrarca When life gives you basil, make pesto – an almost accurate quote that sound like the wisest words ever said.…
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”—Walt Disney “Where there is a will, there is a way”-Pauline Kael “Impossible is Nothing”-Muhammad Ali I have been thinking about writing this post for a while. As you might be aware, at the end of last year I decided to create my own advent calendar, to…
One day you will look back and see that all along, you were blooming. All along, you were being prepared for something that was far greater than you, and even though it was so hard to see in the moment, it made all the difference that you chose to believe: even here, even now, your…
“And so I say to myself that, if there are people who play violin, change diapers, play amateur porn videos, teach hip-hop, sow and read Harry Potter, there is for sure at least one out of seven billion who waits for me, and in ten minutes I’ll meet him.” Chiara Gamberale, Per Dieci Minuti You wake…
“And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make.” The Beatles I have always considered myself a citizen of the world: I am Rome as, no matter how insignificant is what I am doing, I put all my heart and passion towards it; I am London with my dry…
“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.” – J.K. Rowling At the end of the day, failure is part of the process. You didn’t get that job today, and maybe…
Twenty-twenty: it sounds like a comforting number, there is a 2 and then a 0, then again, and you think that you know what is coming your way. I am sure that for most of us it has been a very different year: the luckiest ones can only complain about getting bored to be stuck…
I can’t bake. This is something I already wrote many times here in the blog, and I have said it out loud so many times that I’ve lost count. It is a strange machine our brain, isn’t it? We store a piece of information and it just lives there, rent free, no questions asked. I…
“As long as Man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings, he will never know healthor peace. For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seedof murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.” attribution to Pythagoras by Ovid 19th century: Charles Darwin…
Growing up in the south of Italy means knowing the sea like your best friend. It is there, listening to your thoughts and comforting you with the sound of the waves rushing on the coast, hugging you with the gentle touch of the clear water, showing all its greatness below the dark surface. It also…
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