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Mary Chamberlin
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“Faithful to custom, I watched the sun set on my first day in Rome from the Pincio terrace in the Villa Borghese. ... I hadn't known until then that the sun saves all the leftover gold from the day to pour over Rome.”
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“... I was shocked numb to discover that Rome is full of Italians. The Rome I had had in mind was a solemn museum, maintained by just enough native personnel to keep it functioning for the tourist trade.”
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“The Romans consult the calendar instead of the thermometer to find out whether it is hot or cold.”
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“Not all Italian men are handsome, but the percentage is alarmingly high, and their tailors cooperate with nature.”
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“Trieste has the atmosphere of being nowhere more than any place I know.”
Mary Chamberlin, U.S. writer
(1914 - 1993)
Full name: Mary Chamberlin Harding.