--- title: "1 Happened Soviet Quotes By Paullina Simons" description: "1 Happened Soviet quotes by Paullina Simons. Plus more from Paullina Simons and more Happened Soviet sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/paullina-simons-1314_last-night_at-night-in-the-tent-he-leaves-the-flaps_1617556.png" --- > [“At night in the tent, he leaves the flaps open, to feel the fire outside, to hear Anthony in the trailer, to see her better. She asks him to lie on his stomach, and he does, though he can't see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paullina-simons/at-night-in-the-tent-he-leaves-the-flaps-open-to-feel-the-fire/) [Paullina Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paullina-simons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/paullina-simons-1314_last-night_at-night-in-the-tent-he-leaves-the-flaps_1617556.png) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/happened-soviet/paullina-simons/#itemlist", "name": "1 Happened Soviet Quotes By Paullina Simons", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“At night in the tent, he leaves the flaps open, to feel the fire outside, to hear Anthony in the trailer, to see her better. She asks him to lie on his stomach, and he does, though he can't see her, while she runs her bare breasts over his disfigured back, her nipples hardening into his scars. You feel that? she whispers. Oh, he does. He still feels it. 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He is fairly certain he is alive now, and while Tatiana lies on top of his back and cries, he remembers being caught by the dogs a kilometer from Oranienburg and held in place by the Alsatians until Karolich arived, and being flogged in Sachsenhausen's main square and then chained and tattooed publicly with the 25-point star to remind him of his time for Stalin, and now she lies on his back, kissing the scars he received when he tried to escape to make his way back to her so she could kiss him. As he drives across Texas, Alexander remembers himself in Germany lying in the bloody straw after being beaten and dreaming of her kissing him, and these dreams morph with the memories of last night, and suddenly she is kissing not the scars but the raw oozing wounds, and he is in agony for she is crying and the brine of her tears is eating away the meat of his flesh, and he is begging her to stop because he can't take it anymore. Kiss something else, he pleads. Anything else. 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