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> [“The though revives in him the oldest memory of his life. A child sees a door closing: without knowing who it is that has just left, he senses it is someone he loves with all his tiny, still mute being.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/the-though-revives-in-him-the-oldest-memory-of-his-life-a-child-sees/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

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## More by Andreï Makine

> [“This sacrifice, which saved his life, reminded him again that the evil of this world could be put to rout by the will of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/this-sacrifice-which-saved-his-life-reminded-him-again-that-the-evil/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [The fatal mistake we make is looking for a paradise that endures...This obsession with what lasts causes us to overlook many a fleeting paradise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/the-fatal-mistake-we-make-is-looking-for-a-paradise-that-endures-this/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“Volsky once more had the feeling that the bond between them was indifferent to the demise of bodies.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/volsky-once-more-had-the-feeling-that-the-bond-between-them-was/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“Men can be pitiless towards a woman whose body has eluded them, particularly if this is thanks to their own cowardice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/men-can-be-pitiless-towards-a-woman-whose-body-has-eluded-them/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“The life these words speak of is not worth the ink they are written in… He now knows that the only words worth writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/the-life-these-words-speak-of-is-not-worth-the-ink-they-are-written/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [...she studies to be equal in a world that is no longer surprised at anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/she-studies-to-be-equal-in-a-world-that-is-no-longer-surprised-at/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“As his hands fell upon the keyboard, it was still possible to believe a beautiful harmony had been formed at random, in spite of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/as-his-hands-fell-upon-the-keyboard-it-was-still-possible-to-believe/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“That apple orchard is still in flower," I told myself. "Time has passed it by, leaving it behind in a moment that does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/that-apple-orchard-is-still-in-flower-i-told-myself-time-has-passed/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“He had already come to see human lives as one single communal life and it was perhaps this perception that gave him hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/he-had-already-come-to-see-human-lives-as-one-single-communal-life/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“An exile's only country is his country's literature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/an-exile-s-only-country-is-his-country-s-literature/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“The though revives in him the oldest memory of his life. A child sees a door closing: without knowing who it is that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/the-though-revives-in-him-the-oldest-memory-of-his-life-a-child-sees/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“Once again, without explaining anything, they understood that they must leave. Go away before this world woke up and continued with a life from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/once-again-without-explaining-anything-they-understood-that-they-must/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“This happiness rendered absurd men's desire to dominate, to kill, to possess, thought Volsky. For neither Mila nor he possessed anything. Their joy came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/this-happiness-rendered-absurd-men-s-desire-to-dominate-to-kill-to/)

[Andreï Makine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-makine/)

> [“Historians rewrite the truth every day. What interests us is the truth that gets the reader to reach for his wallet”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/historians-rewrite-the-truth-every-day-what-interests-us-is-the-truth/)

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> [“All of this seemed equally trifling to him now. And when he thought again about the world of free people, the difference between it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-makine/all-of-this-seemed-equally-trifling-to-him-now-and-when-he-thought/)

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