The heart gets tired too; and it falls apart bit by bit, like an old cloth wears out in… — Giovanni Verga
The heart gets tired too; and it falls apart bit by bit, like an old cloth wears out in the wash.
In the original Italian
Il cuore si stanca anche lui, vedi; e se ne va a pezzo a pezzo, come le robe vecchie si disfanno nel bucato.
1881
★ 1.9Provenance
Current citation
Verga, Giovanni. The House by the Medlar Tree, translated by Raymond Rosenthal. University of California Press, 1984, ch. 11.
Original citation
Verga, Giovanni. I Malavoglia. Italy, 1881, ch. 11.