8 Quotes by Carlo Collodi
- When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
- A boy's appetite grows very fast, and in a few moments the queer, empty feeling had become hunger, and the hunger grew bigger and bigger, until soon he was as ravenous as a bear.
- Pinocchio, spurred on by the hope of finding his father and of being in time to save him, swam all night long.
- Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
- How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!
- How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.
- A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.
- At such a loving invitation, Pinocchio, with one leap from the back of the orchestra, found himself in the front rows. With another leap, he was on the orchestra leader's head. With a third, he landed on the stage.
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