“Little tree filled his lungs with the white airness of the night, as if he were going to fly. The living voice of his parents. Elisha's eyes. These were reasons enough to set off on another adventure. Reasons to be… — Timothee de Fombelle Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it was because of his wife that Pippo the farmer dreamt of becoming a sailor. There are certain people on this earth who… — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
“I had set off, going straight ahead, to escape a broken heart. I had been walking for three hours, wherever the forest took me.” — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
“In an ideal world, we might have dreamed of a benevolent hand intervening so that one of them tarried a little longer while the… — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
“[Toby] reflected that being cruel sometimes makes you rich and powerful, but it always makes you ugly.” — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
He was raised by three nurses: freedom, solitude and Mademoiselle. Together, the three of them provided him with an education. From them, he learned… — Timothee de Fombelle Copy Share
“Perhaps it would be better if your whole life had the same transparency as in its final moments.” — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
“Little tree filled his lungs with the white airness of the night, as if he were going to fly. The living voice of his… — Timothee de Fombelle Copy Share
“For Ethel, it was exactly as if one of the twisted beech trees behind the castle had knocked at her door one morning to… — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
“He was frightened for his country. Slowly and tragically it was drifting in the wrong direction. Something had to be done. Tiny gestures. Barely… — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
Who could have predicted what would happen in the time it takes to boil an egg? — Timothee de Fombelle Copy Share
There are some closed doors we’re so frightened of opening that we don’t see them any more. We’ve pushed furniture in front of them;… — Timothee de Fombelle Copy Share
“The shot has gone under my rib, Boulard my boy, so it must have been the shortest one who fired." Even his final sigh… — Timothée de Fombelle Copy Share
“The sole of the foot is sacred for the Grass people. It's called the "sole of the foot" because it's the sole (or only)… — Timothee de Fombelle Copy Share
