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I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough t

I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years. – Donna Leon

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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. – Donna Leon

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Italians know about human nature – they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it to work around it. – Donna Leon

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A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. – Author Unknown

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Each friend represents a world in us, a world not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. – Anais Nin

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We became friends as we became a band. Our friendship evolved as the band evolved. It had its ups and downs, but it was mostly ups for the four of us. We got along well almost all of the time. Hey! We liked each other and we still do. – Dave Blood

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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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