Cesira: a person is not from a country. A person is from a childhood.
Vincent: [written on the wall: No dogs or Italians allowed.] Why did they write that, Papa?
Luigi: Why? Because they're afraid the dogs will bite the Italians. So they ask us not to enter. So as not to be bitten... But we Italians are not afraid of dogs... .We love dogs!
Cesira: Ah, the priest... To be in the priest's good graces people gave him the pick of the crop... Not a single priest died of hunger in Ughettera, believe me.