Carlo Collodi Quotes

Carlo Collodi — Italian Writer born on November 24, 1826, died on October 26, 1890

Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi, was a children's writer born in the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and writer of the world-renowned fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio... (wikipedia)

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.

How it happened that Mastro Cherry, carpenter, found a piece of wood that wept and laughed like a child.

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!

Carlo Collodi Quotes

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