“Anna," he said for the fourth time, as if there was nothing more to say, now that she'd finally answered. Nothing but… — Antonia Michaelis Abel-tannatek Copy Share Image
“She didn't know if this excitement was fueled by her ambition to find out something that nobody else knew. Or by the… — Antonia Michaelis Anna-leemann Copy Share Image
“I'm doing a thousand new things in spite of myself," he said. "It's not easy, you know, to jump over your shadow.” — Antonia Michaelis Abel-tannatek Copy Share Image
“Anna watched as Abel walked across the empty schoolyard, she wondered whether there was a limit to desolation or whether it grew… — Antonia Michaelis Abel Copy Share Image
“Adults were always quick to tell her how much she looked like her mother, and how little like her father. Though Anna… — Antonia Michaelis Anna Copy Share Image
“There was the place where all the shouted words fall into the water. They’re too weak to make it from shore to… — Antonia Michaelis Language Copy Share Image
“Everybody knew everything now. Or did everybody know nothing? Nobody knew anything... Nobody could know everything.” — Antonia Michaelis Knew Copy Share Image
“They saw him walk away, leave a world he'd never really been part of. They saw him pull his hat down low… — Antonia Michaelis Abel-tannatek Copy Share Image
“I am not staying with the murderer," she said, her words muffled by his jacket. "I am not staying with the victim… — Antonia Michaelis Abel-tannatek Copy Share Image
“He looked at the gun. "Aren't you afraid?" "Of course I am," Anna said. "Of course I'm afraid. But that doesn't help."… — Antonia Michaelis Abel-tannatek Copy Share Image