"Carlo Trevisan, Avvacato Carlo Trevisan, to give him the title he preferred to hear used when people spoke of him, was a man of very ordinary past, which in no way impinged upon the fact that he was a man of limitless future."
Pg. 9

"He turned away from the newsstand and continued walking toward the Questura, calling to mind the various cases upon which they were working at the moment, trying to calculate who would be given this one."
Pg. 20

"Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk, especially if they were Venetians."
Pg. 35

"The pigeons, usually stupid and hateful, appeared almost charming to him, as they bobbed up and down at the feet of their many admirers."
Pg. 40

"She set her book face down on the bed. 'Mamma says that's capitalistic blackmail, and that I don't have to listen to you when you do it.'...