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Quotes from In Calabria — Peter S. Beagle

born 1939 United States

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He gave them no titles; he never saw the point of doing so. If a poem did not tell you immediately what it was about, then, to Claudio Bianchi, it needed more help than a label was likely to provide.

In Calabria (2017)

You are not mean. Cranky is different.

In Calabria (2017)

The universe and Claudio Bianchi had agreed long ago to leave one another alone, and he was grateful, knowing very well how rare such a bargain is, and how rarely kept. And if he had any complaints, he made sure that neither the universe nor he himself ever knew of them.

In Calabria (2017)

He was only mildly startled that la strega was aware of his relationship with Giovanna: having lived most of his life in or near small southern villages, he would have been far more surprised if she had not.

In Calabria (2017)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Peter S. Beagle (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.