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I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years.

~Donna Leon

Topics: After Almost Best Came Enough First First Time Friends Friendship Here Lucky Make Remain Then Time Two Venice Who Years I Came

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I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Any Being Famous Famous Person Person Pleasure Take Whatsoever

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The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Any Blackest Ending Hope Sort Utterly Without

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I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Always Antagonism Had Military Particular

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I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not.

~Donna Leon

Topics: File Go Going Just Know Lunch Never Something

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I find the idea of vigilante justice very attractive. I like the idea that the murderer decides that this person has gone too far, and nothing will happen to him unless she does something to stop him.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Attractive Decide Does Far Find Gone Happen Him Idea Justice Like Nothing Person She Something Stop Too Unless Very Vigilante Will

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Italians know about human nature - they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it; to work around it.

~Donna Leon

Topics: About Anyone Anyone Else Around Best Better Dishonest Does Else Greedy Human Human Nature Italians Just Know Lazy Make Nature People Perhaps Than Try Understand Weak Work

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I have no memory for what happens in what books. I don't know when I might remember a scene, but beats me what book it's in because there are 14 of them now.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Beats Because Book Books Happens Know Me Memory Might Now Remember Scene Them

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My father read 'The New York Times,' my mother did secretarial work, we had a dog, we had a garden, I had a brother.

~Donna Leon

Topics: Brother Did Dog Father Garden Had Mother New New York New York Times Read Times Work York

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A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between that which is speculation and that which is fact.

~Donna Leon

Topics: About Always Begins Between Care Distinction Fact Fine Italians Making Passes Seem Speculation Story Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: September 29th, 1942

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