Margaret Mazzantini Quotes

#1. We were like two wolves that have chased a prey and lost it: They lie together in the dark woods, panting and weary, and they're still hungry.

Margaret Mazzantini

#2. But I can't pretend I don't know how little the goodwill of even the best surgeon can accomplish against the workings of fate. A man's hands are rooted firmly in the earth, Angela. God, if he exists, is behind our backs.

Margaret Mazzantini

#3. There's no explaining love. It stands by itself; it makes mistakes and struggles on its own.

Margaret Mazzantini

#4. I fought tenaciously against what seemed to be my destiny; I struggled against my natural reaction with all my strength, because it was killing my dreams and forcing me to go in the wrong direction.

Margaret Mazzantini

#5. My child, I don't know where people go when they die, but I know where they stay.

Margaret Mazzantini

#6. The weirdest love stories are always the best

Margaret Mazzantini

#7. You don't adopt a single child, you adopt the pain of the world. It's a litmus test of your incapacity.

Margaret Mazzantini

#8. Life is a storeroom filled with boxes, some empty, some misplaced forever. We're what remains, what we've grabbed hold of.

Margaret Mazzantini