Tatiana de Rosnay Quotes

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The girl wondered: These policemen... didn't they have families, too? Didn't they have children? Children they went home to? How could they treat children this way? Were they told to do so, or did they act this way naturally? Were they in fact machines, not human beings? She looked closely at them. They seemed of flesh and bone. They were men. She couldn't understand.

Tatiana de Rosnay
You're playing with Pandora's box. Sometimes it's better not to open it. Sometimes, it's better not to know.

Tatiana de Rosnay
When would he realize that it wasn't his infidelity I couldn't bear, but his cowardice?

Tatiana de Rosnay
You know what I find most shocking about the Vel'd'Hiv?" Guillaume said. "Its code name." I knew the answer to that, thanks to my extensive reading. Operation Spring Breeze, " I murmured.

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Michel. In my dreams, you come and get me. You take me by the hand and you lead me away. This life is too much for me to bear. I look at the key and I long for you and for the past. For the innocent, easy days before the war. I know now my scars will never heal. I hope my son will forgive me. He will never know. No one will ever know.

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It is not easy to explain how I felt while I read, but I will try. No doubt you, as a reader, will understand. It appeared I found myself in a place where no one could bother me, where no one could reach me. I grew impervious to all the noises around me.

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You get attached to places, you know. Like people, I suppose.

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How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered.

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She couldn't imagine why there was such a difference between those children and her. She couldn't imagine why she and all these other people with her had to be treated this way. Who decided this, and what for?

Tatiana de Rosnay