Memorable and interesting quotes from great books. Shanghai Girls by Lisa See About BookQuotersīookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, ― Frances Mayes, quote from Under the Tuscan Sun Sad that our century has added no glory to Florence-only mobs and lead hanging in the air.” Henry James in Florence referred to “one's detested fellow-pilgrim.” Yes, indeed, and it's definitely time to leave when one's own reflection is included. My own reflection in the window, carrying home all my shoe purchases, the sundress not so flattering. The English mother and daughter ordering lasagne verdi and Coke, then complaining because the spinach pasta was green. Humanity seemed ugly-the international young in torn T-shirts and backpacks lounging on steps, bewildered bus tourists dropping ice cream napkins in the street and asking, “How much is that in dollars?” Germans in too-short shorts letting their children terrorize restaurants. I was amazed that long July when waiters and shopkeepers remained as nice as they did, given what they had to put up with. That year, a garbage strike persisted for over a week and I began to have thoughts of plague when I passed heaps of rot spilling out of bins. In summer, wads of tourists clog the city as if it's a Renaissance theme park. “We pass the apartment we rented five years ago, when I swore off Florence.
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