“Before, there had been this small, shiny thing inside her that kept her immune from what was happening, and now she knew it had only been her ignorance, and she felt herself falling into a deep, dark place.” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share Image
“..hard to trust that after so much had been taken, so much could still be received.” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“But now she did belong to the ravaged city - her frame grown gaunt, her shoulders hunched from tiredness, the bone-sharp jaw line that… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
Why did someone fall in love with you because you are one thing and then want you to be something else? — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“Until then she had been blind, but when she saw those mountains, she slipped beneath the surface of the war and found the country.” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“Helen's Saigon had always been about selling - chickens, information, or lovely young women, it didn't matter. It had once been called the Pearl… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“No matter that they had been together for years, always a feeling of formality when they first saw each other again, even if the… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“Clear now that she was as dependent as any addict on the drug of the war. He had underestimated the damage in her.” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“It had always fascinated her - what happens when things break down, what are the basic units of life?” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“This is what happened when one left one's home - pieces of oneself scattered all over the world, no one place ever completely satisfied,… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“Something had broken inside her. No past or future, no sense of time, each day as endless as it was to a child. Linh… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
Sometimes you have to fulfill a promise in order to deserve the love you're given. — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“One fell in love with geography through people, and when the people were gone, the most beloved place turned cool and impersonal. _______” — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
“Saigon in utter darkness this last night of the war. A gestating monster. Her letter to Linh had been simple: I love you more… — Tatjana Soli Copy Share
