“No, solitude did not trouble her. She could spend long minutes gazing out the window, hours listening to the BBC on the public radio station. She relished the very texture of her privacy, its depth of space and freedom, much… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“No, solitude did not trouble her. She could spend long minutes gazing out the window, hours listening to the BBC on the public radio… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“...she immediately became the person they believed her to be: a peculiar, impatient girl, attractive enough yet too old and odd for the village… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“It was the comfort of knowing that she was not quite so strange, that there were other people who found delight in private challenges… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that she didn't believe in love; but she no longer believed in it for herself.” — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“...there are only two things that really matter in life. Literature and love.” — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“Even now she felt the need to add, "At a certain point I realized that everyone has something like this." "What do you mean,… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“I remember when I left Hungary," Zoltan said, "understanding so completely that literature could save me as much as it could get me killed.… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“That there are only two things that really matter in life. Literature and love.” — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“...the way the diamond caused people to reasses her--their palpable appreciation that Drew was loved by someone, was someone worth loving” — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“How lucky Drew was to have this mother of hers, this constant, reliable, if at times irritating presence in her life--this mother, like so… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was strange, somehow,… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
“Just like with love. It's all or nothing. ... That's why love is dangerous. We stand up for love. We take risks. Well, you… — Daphne Kalotay Copy Share Image
