But like the heart, you're not going to get far without it. No one who has grown up on sugared corn flakes for breakfast, peanut butter and jelly for lunch and a McDonald's hamburger and coke for dinner can ever understand the Italian culture. Escaping reality can lead to a virtual hell. They lock you up for breaking a written law and lock you out for breaking an unwritten one. With a pen of passion and the ink of struggle the laws of your ancestors are written deep within you on a double spiral of truth and hope.
Blood is thicker than water.
Gold is heavier than blood. Love is stronger than gold. A man can't give a good woman too much love. No matter how much he gives, he gets everything back with interest. Men who dislike women distrust themselves.