“We’re physically here, but we don’t have deep relational or cultural roots to ground us.”

“There are so few things in life you can count on: an Italian supermarket is one of them.”

“The contrasts are proof that something has gone truly wrong in this place, which had the potential to become a paradise.”

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“Get there early! Most markets start at 7 AM and are packed up around 1 or 2 PM (Puglian Sunday lunch is not to be interfered with).”

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​​Brazilian pedagogue Paulo Freire once said, “A literate individual is not merely one who learns to read another person’s words, but rather someone who discovers their own voice.”

“l’amuri e com’o citrolu, ancumincia aruci e appuoi finisci amaru (love is like a cucumber, it begins sweet and then ends bitter).”

“…it’s no surprise that so many of our daily expressions are rooted in culinary traditions and practices.”

“By reading women writers, analyzing them, and attempting to make them better known across Italy, the collective could establish ‘an alternative genealogy of culture’”.

“For the sweltering afternoons in the Caribbean, it’s dominoes; for the salons peppered with playing tables in China, it’s mahjong; for us Italians, it culminates with cards.”

“Ah…how beautiful ‘a staggione is, without lightning, without thunder, without wind, walking. But if it’s hot in the morning, you can take a swim in Margellina and cool off there and then.” –Sung by Giulietta Sacco

“You can’t expect anything more, nor anything less, from a circolo.”