We all have scars. They show us where we've been, but don't determine where we are going.
From a book by Maggie Osborne describing her italian character
She responds emotionally the same to the spilling of salt or an assassin walking through the door.
Use this quote all the time to husband to explain my emotional responses. They are always very passionate and sometimes loud. My Aunt just got back from Italy and called saying that our issues are genetic, the whole country is just like us. LOL