Dante Alighieri wrote his first book in the prosimetrum genre – La Vita Nuova – in 14th century Florence. Since I’m compiling this collection – my first indie publication – in Florence, just blocks from Dante’s house, and since his book involves a lost love, and ‘A New Life,’ I thought it fitting to emulate this style in my own casual, intuitive fashion. My hope is that the juxtaposition of poems, journal entries, essays and prose will create a story; a memoir in anarchistic vignettes.
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Related You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself LOIS LOWRY The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS If I provide for this life and turn away from the Lord, I am wise for a moment, but lost forever. FRANCINE RIVERS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That... C. JOYBELL C. One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I began by saying that our history will be what we make it. If we go on as we are, then history will... EDWARD R. MURROW I started work on my first French history book in 1969; on 'Socialism in Provence' in 1974; ... TONY JUDT When I wrote the first Betsy book, 'Undead and Unwed,' I had no idea, none, that it would be... MARYJANICE DAVIDSON We each have a special something we can get only at a special time of our life. like a small flame. ... HARUKI MURAKAMI Allie, what do the Stars tell me to do? You know I don't understand the scientific part. ROBERT A. HEINLEIN The capacity of humans to believe in what seems to me highly improbable- from table tapping to the s... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN It is strange being in a crowd where no one knows your face or cares for your purpose. In Lykos, I w... PIERCE BROWN I realized that day that blessings come in a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes. CRAIG GROESCHEL I sell my first book to Random House, a memoir of my years as a war photographer, for twice my NBC s... DEBORAH COPAKEN KOGAN You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C. I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud NEIL GAIMAN I wrote my first book when I was 15 years old. And my second book '1,2,3 Publish Me!' shows ... MANIKA the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM The book, you understand, was not written for publication. It was the portrayal of my emotions, the ... MARY MACLANE Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH My book 'Trust Your Heart', which is the story of my life, will be followed by 'Singing ... JUDY COLLINS In college, I wrote newspaper articles and songs. Then, on my 21st birthday, I sold my first book. I... JANE YOLEN My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books w... TAO LIN This is the spot where I will lie When life has had enough of me, These are the grasses ... SARA TEASDALE I've got no other home to go to, not anymore. When I look at England now I see a dead place, Rupert.... LEV GROSSMAN I don't know if they're really like everybody else, or if they're able to pretend they are. MADELEINE L'ENGLE Even Lot might have been mistaken. But that’s what he promised ‘em – his virgin daughters, you... ROBERT A. HEINLEIN God is the strength in which I trust." Lesson 47, A Course In Miracles HELEN SCHUCMAN There isn't an hour of my life without you in it. I mend the boats, test them and all the while the ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Yes, I know that now that there is truth in beauty and beauty in truth. My nature is to be depressiv... ABIGAIL GEORGE He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS It can be that some people decide that I will spend my life in Florence, Colorado, ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these othe... EVELYN LAU The first grown-up book that I read on my own was a nineteenth-century edition of 'Tales from Li... GORE VIDAL Learn to appreciate every moment of your life, stop thinking of the future too much, you have a choi... AULIQ ICE Never give up on you. In order to make a difference you would have to somehow be different. JOHNNIE DENT JR. I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might... STEPHENIE MEYER All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading ha... RAINA TELGEMEIER Don't wait for it," I said. "Create a world, your world. Alone. Stand alone. Create. And then the lo... ANAïS NIN I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986. TASLIMA NASRIN This instant is the only time there is. A COURSE IN MIRACLES I am never upset for the reason I think. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Teach only love for that is what you are. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only my condemnation injures me. A COURSE IN MIRACLES I can elect to change all thoughts that hurt. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world. A COURSE IN MIRACLES Only your mind can produce fear. A COURSE IN MIRACLES I wrote my first real murder story as a journalist for the Daytona Beach News Journal in 1980. It wa... MICHAEL CONNELLY Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as ... E.J. PATTEN She was intimidating and all I could do was sit back on the couch as she paced back and forth, slowl... IN THE MAKING This is very similar to the suggestion put forward by the Quirmian philosopher Ventre, who said, "Po... TERRY PRATCHETT While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story. JEFFREY ARCHER Now is the only time we have, and the only time that we have any control over. RICHARD CARLSON It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA [The first line in his book is this:] My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six. ... Yo... CARL REINER A friend of mine had his own theater company, and he jumped me in like I was in a gang. And once I c... DAVID ALAN GRIER For me, my life is a journey. JAY ELECTRONICA A new day is here! yesterday is gone! tomorrow is preparing to come! but why is today here? ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I first started writing historical fiction in the late '70s and kept pictures of Kathleen Woodiw... VIRGINIA HENLEY I'm 19 now, and I go to The New School in New York, where I study Criminal Psychology. My first ... GIGI HADID Studied all year and wrote in my journal like a nun works a Rosary, dog with a new bone, bee in his ... DENNIS VICKERS Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in pros... BEVERLEY NICHOLS Since i couldn't remember the "real" first time i'd lost my virginity, this would have become my de ... GABRIELLE ZEVIN Florence is growing by leaps and bounds, and if we don't do something to get good infrastructure, we... SHERWIN WELCH In the first book of my Discworld series, published more than 26 years ago, I introduced Death as a ... TERRY PRATCHETT I've told you I don't live and die by the polls. Thus, I will refrain from pointing out that we're n... , IN THE NEW REPUBLIC I am lost without you. I am soulless, a drifter without a home, a solitary bird in a flight to nowhe... NICHOLAS SPARKS When I see him, his frame filling the doorway, I do not feel passion, excitement. I can't remember i... JODI PICOULT A great book increases my heartbeat as if I’m prey, melts my insides in anticipation of a first ki... CARMEN DESOUSA I am in your thoughts. You are in my dreams. ANTHONY T.HINCKS My life is a struggle. VOLTAIRE I once stole a book. It was really just the once, and at the time I called it borrowing. It was 1970... HILARY MANTEL You don't know that and I don't know that! MICHELE COSTELLO The whiskey’s power released his repressed memories so fast that his words raced to keep up with t... PASCAL MARCO His shoulder might be hurting like a son of a bitch and he was more than slightly sloshed but he rec... VICKIE MCKEEHAN We are delighted and honored that Richard will be coming back. First, he is working on a book that m... BILL LACY He had what he called just a small ration of tools: A painted book. A handful of pencils.<... MARKUS ZUSAK Marriage - a book of which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters written... BEVERLY NICHOLS My husband is from Florence. And he has a 15th-century barn that is completely rustic and very '... DEBI MAZAR I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and... PATRICK DEWITT My autobiography now offers me the chance to lay down my life story and place recent events in prope... PETE TOWNSHEND Nothing that is good can become stuck – and if it is stuck, it can’t be any good! SILVIA HARTMANN The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER Needle in a haystack's easy - just bring a magnet." Eliot stared witheringly at Hardison.... KEITH R.A. DECANDIDO These philosophically fun ideas usually satisfy nobody. Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance i... NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right. GRATEFUL DEAD The world pays no attention to those who have nothing to offer BERNARD KELVIN CLIVE Tea followers were among the earliest converts to the Christian faith. Takayama Ukon, a daimyo turne... F. CALVIN PARKER For someone so conflicted, who am I to give advice to anybody? It’s such a funny, grandiose idea FLORENCE WELCH Sometimes I wish for falling Wish for the release Wish for falling through the air To... FLORENCE WELCH My interest in the theater led me to my first writing experience as an adult. My husband David wrote... GAIL CARSON LEVINE I don't know why Sinclair Lewis fell in love with me. 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