 They, and all you others scattered everywhere, will be my sweetest consolation when I depart this life.»

Mario Borrelli, "The continuing story" from Morris West, "Children of the sun", Fontana Books Ltd, 1983.Born in a family of the working-class, Mario Borrelli interrupts his education at the age of nine for economic needs and works, for three years, as a metal gilders and lad in a barber shop.His mother and father are modest artisan goldsmith's in Naples and have other four children.