“Alexander looked into the barrel of one of the guns. He blinked. O God, please look after Tania all alone in the… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness. — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Alexander was right, she thought, He has been right about everything. Everything that he told me would happen has come to pass.” — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
I don't want this life to end," said Alexander. "The good, the bad, the everything, the very old, to ever end. — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Alexander raised his shaking right hand to his temple, to his lips, to his heart.” — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Well, Alexander thought, any minute now, one of the girls he had carelessly discarded was going to come by the barracks with… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Alexander smoked and watched her from his tree stump bench. What are you doing? she would ask him. Nothing, he would reply.… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Alexander, my nights, my days, my every thought. You will fall away from me in just a while, won’t you, and I’ll… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Alexander, you broke my heart. But for carrying me on your back, for pulling my dying sled, for giving me your last… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“you know that, don't you? Alexander whispers. I love you. I'm blind for you, wild for you. I'm sick with you. I… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“All grimy and sweaty, Alexander drew her to him, his palms on her back, and bending to her and tilting his head,… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Tatiana knew that she belonged irrevocably to Alexander. She thought she could extricate herself from him, that she could go on with… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“You know I can’t make her pregnant,” he said. “You know she is lying at least about that, right? After what I’d… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“You are still not fucking immortal, sir. And your men certainly aren’t, but I don’t give a shit about the men. It’s… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“The Field of Mars, June, death, life, white nights, Dasha, Dimitri, the all came… And went. But there Alexander still was, standing… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Tania, I was spellbound by you from the first moment I saw you. There I was, living my dissolute life, and war… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Alexander. Here he is, before he was Tatiana’s, at the age of twenty, getting his medal of valor for bringing back Yuri… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Alexander moved her off him, laid her down, was over her, was pressed into her, crushing her. Anthony was right there, he… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Well, at least someone around here is getting pregnant,” Alexander said through clenched teeth, bending in his own stricken fury. “And it… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“You think she needs a chaperone?” When they didn’t answer, the nun tutted disapprovingly. “Let me explain something to you, Mrs. Attaviano, and I… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
When Tatiana looked up from her ice cream, she saw a soldier staring at her from across the street. — Paullina Simons Copy Share
“You want to know what I thought of in that boat? I thought, I have to stay alive. Tatiasha will never forgive me.” — Paullina Simons Copy Share
Tatiana had imagined her Alexander since she was a child, before she believed that someone like him was even possible. When she was a… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
“Alexander: “First we will send the frontovik into the streets with guns. When they are dead, we will send me, with a tank, like… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
“Have a joke for me Tania," he says, "I could use a joke." "Hmm." She thinks, looks at him, looks to see where Anthony… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
I'm going to die with Alexander's hand on my face, Tatiana thought. That is not a bad way to die. I cannot move. I… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
“They came with their children, for no one left the children behind - it was for the children they had come, wanting to give… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
We can’t forget that I owe you my life.” She gazed at him. “We can’t forget that I belong to you.” “I like that… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
“Come on,” he said quietly, bending to her and lifting her whole into his arms. He carried her inside. After setting her down next… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness. — Paullina Simons Copy Share
“What a prison you have set up for me with your first love.” She put her arms tighter around him and said teasingly, “Oh,… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
Please stop looking at me, she thought, afraid of his eyes and terrified of her own heart. — Paullina Simons Copy Share
“We’re moving cities, we’re changing our name just like this hotel. You call that all right?” “Yes,” she said. “We still have each other.… — Paullina Simons Copy Share
