“When I was in Colditz, that impenetrable fortress, whittling away my life, I wanted to know this." "Looks like you're still there,… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
There are some battles, no matter how much you don’t want to fight them, that you just have to fight. That are… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“...But I’m telling you, something happens to beautiful people. They think that something extra is owed to them by life, by God,… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“I don't want to die," whispered Marina. "and not feel just once what you feel." She struggled for her breath. "Just once… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
With my writing, because I live it, I have to be consumed by it, and that means you have to forget your… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“I didn't know how to live my life, and suddenly I was thrust into it and had no choice but to live… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Why do you enjoy torturing yourself? Do you feel life has been too good to you?” Tatiana stared at him. “Life has,”… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Tatiana...you and I had only one moment..." said Alexander. "A single moment in time, in your time and mine...one instant, when another… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Tatiana, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you like I’ve never loved anyone in my whole life. Now, get… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Simply, this is what she believed: she believed that the universe showed each of us certain things, that it made certain things… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Tania,” he whispers, “promise me you won’t forget me when I die.” “You won’t die, soldier,” she says. “You won’t die. Live!… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Now she had words to dull her senses. English words, a new name, and covering it all like a warm blanket, a… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Falling in love with you in the Summer Garden in the white nights in Leningrad is the moment that propels me through… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“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… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
When Tatiana looked up from her ice cream, she saw a soldier staring at her from across the street. — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“You want to know what I thought of in that boat? I thought, I have to stay alive. Tatiasha will never forgive me.” — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Tatiana had imagined her Alexander since she was a child, before she believed that someone like him was even possible. When she was a… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Alexander: “First we will send the frontovik into the streets with guns. When they are dead, we will send me, with a tank, like… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Have a joke for me Tania," he says, "I could use a joke." "Hmm." She thinks, looks at him, looks to see where Anthony… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
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… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“They came with their children, for no one left the children behind - it was for the children they had come, wanting to give… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
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… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
“Come on,” he said quietly, bending to her and lifting her whole into his arms. He carried her inside. After setting her down next… — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness. — Paullina Simons Copy Share Image
