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title: "24 Alexander Quotes By Paullina Simons"
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> [Courage, Alexander… Courage, Tatiana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/courage-alexander-courage-tatiana/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [Love is, to be loved,” said Alexander, “in return.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/love-is-to-be-loved-said-alexander-in-return/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [Alexander, were you looking for me?" "All my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-were-you-looking-for-me-all-my-life/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Hello, Tatiana. I'm Alexander. Have we met before?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/hello-tatiana-i-m-alexander-have-we-met-before/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Alexander was right, she thought, He has been right about everything. Everything that he told me would happen has come to pass.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-was-right-she-thought-he-has-been-right-about-everything/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-knew-that-before-he-had-light-instead-of-darkness-he-had-to/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Alexander looked into the barrel of one of the guns. He blinked. O God, please look after Tania all alone in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-looked-into-the-barrel-of-one-of-the-guns-he-blinked-o-god/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [I don't want this life to end," said Alexander. "The good, the bad, the everything, the very old, to ever end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/i-don-t-want-this-life-to-end-said-alexander-the-good-the-bad-the/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Alexander raised his shaking right hand to his temple, to his lips, to his heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-raised-his-shaking-right-hand-to-his-temple-to-his-lips-to/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Well, Alexander thought, any minute now, one of the girls he had carelessly discarded was going to come by the barracks with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/well-alexander-thought-any-minute-now-one-of-the-girls-he-had/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [Alexander smoked and watched her from his tree stump bench. What are you doing? she would ask him. Nothing, he would reply.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-smoked-and-watched-her-from-his-tree-stump-bench-what-are/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/in-alexander-s-life-there-was-one-thread-that-could-not-be-broken-by/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Alexander, my nights, my days, my every thought. You will fall away from me in just a while, won’t you, and I’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-my-nights-my-days-my-every-thought-you-will-fall-away-from/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/you-know-that-don-t-you-alexander-whispers-i-love-you-i-m-blind-for/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [Alexander, you broke my heart. But for carrying me on your back, for pulling my dying sled, for giving me your last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-you-broke-my-heart-but-for-carrying-me-on-your-back-for/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/you-are-still-not-fucking-immortal-sir-and-your-men-certainly-aren-t/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“The Field of Mars, June, death, life, white nights, Dasha, Dimitri, the all came… And went. But there Alexander still was, standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/the-field-of-mars-june-death-life-white-nights-dasha-dimitri-the-all/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“You know I can’t make her pregnant,” he said. “You know she is lying at least about that, right? After what I’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/you-know-i-can-t-make-her-pregnant-he-said-you-know-she-is-lying-at/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Tatiana knew that she belonged irrevocably to Alexander. She thought she could extricate herself from him, that she could go on with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/tatiana-knew-that-she-belonged-irrevocably-to-alexander-she-thought/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“All grimy and sweaty, Alexander drew her to him, his palms on her back, and bending to her and tilting his head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/all-grimy-and-sweaty-alexander-drew-her-to-him-his-palms-on-her-back/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Alexander. Here he is, before he was Tatiana’s, at the age of twenty, getting his medal of valor for bringing back Yuri…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-here-he-is-before-he-was-tatiana-s-at-the-age-of-twenty/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Tania, I was spellbound by you from the first moment I saw you. There I was, living my dissolute life, and war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/tania-i-was-spellbound-by-you-from-the-first-moment-i-saw-you-there-i/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Alexander moved her off him, laid her down, was over her, was pressed into her, crushing her. Anthony was right there, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-moved-her-off-him-laid-her-down-was-over-her-was-pressed/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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> [“Well, at least someone around here is getting pregnant,” Alexander said through clenched teeth, bending in his own stricken fury. “And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/well-at-least-someone-around-here-is-getting-pregnant-alexander-said/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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## Other authors on Alexander

## More by Paullina Simons

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/you-think-she-needs-a-chaperone-when-they-didn-t-answer-the-nun/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [When Tatiana looked up from her ice cream, she saw a soldier staring at her from across the street.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/when-tatiana-looked-up-from-her-ice-cream-she-saw-a-soldier-staring/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“I saved you for me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/i-saved-you-for-me/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“You want to know what I thought of in that boat? I thought, I have to stay alive. Tatiasha will never forgive me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/you-want-to-know-what-i-thought-of-in-that-boat-i-thought-i-have-to/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [Tatiana had imagined her Alexander since she was a child, before she believed that someone like him was even possible. When she was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/tatiana-had-imagined-her-alexander-since-she-was-a-child-before-she/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“Alexander: “First we will send the frontovik into the streets with guns. When they are dead, we will send me, with a tank, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-first-we-will-send-the-frontovik-into-the-streets-with-guns/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“Have a joke for me Tania," he says, "I could use a joke." "Hmm." She thinks, looks at him, looks to see where Anthony…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/have-a-joke-for-me-tania-he-says-i-could-use-a-joke-hmm-she-thinks/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/i-m-going-to-die-with-alexander-s-hand-on-my-face-tatiana-thought/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“They came with their children, for no one left the children behind - it was for the children they had come, wanting to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/they-came-with-their-children-for-no-one-left-the-children-behind-it/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/we-can-t-forget-that-i-owe-you-my-life-she-gazed-at-him-we-can-t/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“Come on,” he said quietly, bending to her and lifting her whole into his arms. He carried her inside. After setting her down next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/come-on-he-said-quietly-bending-to-her-and-lifting-her-whole-into-his/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/alexander-knew-that-before-he-had-light-instead-of-darkness-he-had-to/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“What a prison you have set up for me with your first love.” She put her arms tighter around him and said teasingly, “Oh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/what-a-prison-you-have-set-up-for-me-with-your-first-love-she-put-her/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [Please stop looking at me, she thought, afraid of his eyes and terrified of her own heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/please-stop-looking-at-me-she-thought-afraid-of-his-eyes-and/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/we-re-moving-cities-we-re-changing-our-name-just-like-this-hotel-you/)

[Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/)

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                        "text": "“Tania, I was spellbound by you from the first moment I saw you. There I was, living my dissolute life, and war had just started. My entire base was in disarray, people were running around, closing accounts, taking money out, grabbing food out of stores, buying up the entire Gostiny Dvor, volunteering for the army, sending their kids to camp—” He broke off. “And in the middle of my chaos, there was you!” Alexander whispered passionately. “You were sitting alone on this bench, impossibly young, breathtakingly blonde and lovely, and you were eating ice cream with such abandon, such pleasure, such mystical delight that I could not believe my eyes. As if there were nothing else in the world on that summer Sunday.”",
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                        "text": "“Alexander moved her off him, laid her down, was over her, was pressed into her, crushing her. Anthony was right there, he didn't care, he was trying to inhale her, trying to absorb her into himself. \"All this time you were stepping out in front of me, Tatiana,\" he said. \"Now I finally understand. You hid me on Bethel Island for eight months. For two years you hid me and deceived me - to save me. I am such an idiot,\" he whispered. \"Wretch or not, ravaged or not, in a carapace or not, there you still were, stepping out for me, showing the mute mangled stranger your brave and indifferent face.\" Her eyes closed, her arms tightened around his neck. \"That stranger is my life,\" she whispered. They crawled away from Anthony, from their only bed, onto a blanket on the floor, barricading themselves behind the table and chairs. \"You left our boy to go find me, and this is what you found...\" Alexander whispered, on top of her, pushing inside her, searching for peace. Crying out underneath him, Tatiana clutched his shoulders. \"This is what you brought back from Sachsenhausen.\" his movement was tense, deep, needful. Oh God. Now there was comfort. \"You thought you were bringing back him, but Tania, you brought back me.\" \"Shura...you'll have to do...\" Her fingers were clamped into his scars. \"In you,\" said Alexander, lowering his lips to her parted mouth and cleaving their flesh, \"are the answers to all things.\" All the rivers flowed into the sea and still the sea was not full.”",
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