Gina,

I was so saddened to read your post about your aunt's passing. Like everyone else, I was hoping for her full recovery.

The decision whether or not to keep someone alive artificially (especially when there has been such massive damage to their brain) is one of the most heart-wrenching things anyone can ever be put through. I've been there, and you and your family have my sincerest sympathy.

My prayers are with you all.

Signor V.


"For me, there's only my wife..."

"Sure I cook with wine - sometimes I even add it to the food!"

"When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?"

"It was a grass harp... And we listened."

"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it? Every, every minute?"

"No. Saints and poets, maybe... they do some."