--- title: "1 Gifts Used Quotes By Paullina Simons" description: "1 Gifts Used quotes by Paullina Simons. Plus more from Paullina Simons and more Gifts Used sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/paullina-simons-1314_alexander-belov_lowering-his-voice-he-said-in-america-we_959237.jpg" --- > [“Lowering his voice, he said, "In America we have a custom. When you're given presents for your birthday, you're supposed to open them and say thank you." Tatiana nervously looked down at the present. "Thank you." Gifts were not something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/lowering-his-voice-he-said-in-america-we-have-a-custom-when-you-re/) [Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/paullina-simons-1314_alexander-belov_lowering-his-voice-he-said-in-america-we_959237.jpg) ## 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. 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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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gifts-used/paullina-simons/#itemlist", "name": "1 Gifts Used Quotes By Paullina Simons", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Lowering his voice, he said, \"In America we have a custom. When you're given presents for your birthday, you're supposed to open them and say thank you.\" Tatiana nervously looked down at the present. \"Thank you.\" Gifts were not something she was used to. Wrapped gifts? Unheard of, even when they came wrapped only in plain brown paper. \"No. Open first. 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