Natalia Ginzburg Quotes
You aren't ill: it is just that you are made of second-rate materials.
Ginzburg, Natalia. Family Sayings. Translated by D. M. Low, E. P. Dutton, 1967, p. 18.
When reporter May Craig asked him what he had done lately for women, JFK replied:
Most historians agree with Harding that he was not qualified for the job. And he personally did not have any great ambition to be president. He was a very affable man who spent much of his time drinking, playing cards, and having women entertain with his political buddies. His wife however, was a very accomplished and powerful newspaper publisher and she insisted that he run and he won. He continued his entertainment with his cronies and was a very weak president.
Natalia Ginzburg, was an Italian author whose work explored family relationships, politics during and after the Fascist years and World War II, and philosophy. She wrote novels, short stories and essays, for which she received the Strega Prize and Bagutta Prize. Most of her works were also translated into English and published in the United Kingdom and United States.
