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17 Quotes That Will Make You Dream of Italy

I am dreaming of a return to Italy every single day. Are you?? Well then take a look at these 17 quotes about Italy on life, art, culture, travel and love that will make you dream of Il Bel Paese. They are enough to give you itchy feet and inspiration for your ever growing Italy wish list. And they are appropriate for an Instagram caption too! 🙂

17 Quotes that will make you Dream of Italy

As they ate, they spoke of eating, as always happens in Italy.

andrea camilleri, author

You may have the universe if I may have Italy.

Giuseppe Verdi, Composer
Fresh pizza and panini in Rome


The Creator made Italy from designs by Michaelangelo.

Mark Twain, writer


In Italy, they add work and life on to food and wine.

 Robin Leach, Writer


What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago.

Erica Jong, Novelist

The name of Italy has magic in its very syllables.

Mary Shelley, writer


A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see.

Samuel Johnson, Writer


When life gives you twists and turns, chique yourself up in Italy!

Barbara Conelli
Lake Orta

I love the simplicity, the ingredients, the culture, the history and the seasonality of Italian cuisine. In Italy people do not travel. They cook the way grandma did, using fresh ingredients and what is available in season.”

Anne Burrell, TV chef


Italy and the spring and the first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.

– Bertrand Russell, Philosopher
Puglia


Open my heart and you will see graved inside of it, Italy.

Robert Browning, Poet

Even today in a world expanding and exploding into the future, Italy still reminds us of essential truths about who we are what we can rise toward.

Dianne hales, author

If Italy had a navel, it would be Piazza Venezia. On one side looms the grandiose structure that foreigners know as the Victor Emmanuel Monument, but the real name of which is Altare della Patria, or Altar of the Fatherhood.

John hooper, author
Trastevere, Rome

And let us not remember Italy the less regardfully, because, in every fragment of her fallen Temples, and every stone of her deserted palaces and prisons, she helps to inculcate the lesson that the wheel of Time is rolling for an end, and that the world is, in all great essentials, better, gentler, more forbearing, and more hopeful, as it rolls.

charles dickens, writer

Italy is a story that always starts with “In the beginning there was already something before you think is the beginning.”

wallis wilde-menozzi, writer

The beach is a good outline sketch of Italy. Get changed, look around, and don’t worry if people stare at you.

beppe severgnini, writer
Polignano a mare

Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.

anna akhmatova, poet

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26 Comments

  • Francis
    July 22, 2020 at 12:19 am

    Such inspiring quotes Ishita. I especially love The one from Verdi.

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    • Italophilia
      July 23, 2020 at 12:42 pm

      So pleased you like them Francis. Keep stopping by!

      Reply
  • Sara
    June 22, 2020 at 2:35 am

    What a beautiful post, Ishita! I’ve always loved the quote by Erica Jong and I think there’s a lot of truth to it. You know how critic of Italy I am sometimes, but among the good sides of my country I definitely list this “permission of being human”, which I don’t find in many other countries.

    Loving the quote of Wallis Wilde as well, I didn’t know it! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Ishita
      June 22, 2020 at 10:58 am

      Ciao cara! So nice to see you here. I’m so glad you liked it, the Wallis quote is from the book The Other Side of Tiber which I highly recommend you to read. xx

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      • Sara
        June 22, 2020 at 4:04 pm

        Thank you! Adding it to my reading list!

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  • Image Earth Travel
    June 16, 2020 at 3:33 pm

    So true: “Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life.”
    Love the look of your new site Ishita – well done.

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    • Ishita
      June 16, 2020 at 7:07 pm

      Thank you Nilla! so pleased you noticed and liked it. xx

      Reply
  • Cara Perciaccanto
    June 16, 2020 at 12:39 am

    Needed this today!! Loved the last quote especially ❤️

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    • Italophilia
      June 16, 2020 at 11:04 am

      So happy I could help Cara! Have a wonderful day 🙂

      Reply
  • Tanja
    June 14, 2020 at 8:25 pm

    bella Italia:)

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    • Italophilia
      June 15, 2020 at 9:28 am

      Grazie Tanja, hope all’s well. xx

      Reply
  • Manja Mexi Mexcessive
    June 9, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    Ohh, how much I love this selection! <3 Such truths. I have three favourites which I will post on my blog and link to you, if this is okay. Especially this one which made me almost cry right now, so true it is: "What is the fatal charm of Italy? What do we find there that can be found nowhere else? I believe it is a certain permission to be human, which other places, other countries, lost long ago." Erica Jong nailed it. Thank you for this, Ishita!!

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    • Italophilia
      June 10, 2020 at 12:53 pm

      Thank you for loving these! I added a few of my favorite authors (as you can see). Sure feel free to link it back 🙂

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      • Manja Mexi Mexcessive
        June 10, 2020 at 2:29 pm

        You’re most welcome, Ishita! I did mention you and link to you, from my yesterday’s post. Did you get the pingback? I included only the quote by Erica Jong who made me tear up. 🙂 Yes, I’m in the right country!! And thank you so much for linking to my doors from Rome! <3

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        • Italophilia
          June 10, 2020 at 2:40 pm

          No I didn’t 🙁 Of course! I’m happy to share posts I love. Thank you again.

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  • Lyn Douglas
    June 9, 2020 at 2:00 am

    Great quotes. Today, this is my favourite one – Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life. Hope you are doing OK Ishita. Lyn

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    • Italophilia
      June 9, 2020 at 12:03 pm

      Ciao Lyn, all’s well. I just changed my blog design and working on it these past few days. How are you??

      Reply
  • Uwe
    June 9, 2020 at 12:43 am

    Nice quotes. I love staying in Italy as well. Thank you, Uwe

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    • Italophilia
      June 9, 2020 at 12:03 pm

      Ciao Uwe. Great to know you like them. Stay safe!

      Reply
  • pamelaallegretto
    June 8, 2020 at 11:06 pm

    Thank you for sharing these wonderful quotes. Best wishes!

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    • Italophilia
      June 9, 2020 at 12:02 pm

      Ciao Pamela! Thanks for your comment. Have a good day!

      Reply
  • foodinbooks
    June 8, 2020 at 5:29 pm

    Wonderful quotes!

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    • Italophilia
      June 8, 2020 at 6:24 pm

      Ciao, thank you. Some of the writers here are my favorites! Had to choose them 🙂

      Reply
  • Darlene
    June 8, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    These are all great! Thanks. Stay safe. xo

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    • Italophilia
      June 8, 2020 at 2:13 pm

      Thanks Darlene, hope you’re well and safe in SPain.

      Reply

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