Tonya Ramlall

“The vastness, the tiny body, eternity and the clock that accused the time of passing; it all made even less sense here than it had in Egypt or France. He had seen so many deaths. But there was something about the quietness of this one: as though, in the absence of the gunfire and the shouting, he were observing it unobscured for the first time.”
― M.L. Stedman, The Light Between Oceans

“Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!”
― Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

“Sister Sasaki stayed beside him all that time, holding his hand, so that he might die knowing that, living, he had pleased her.”
― John Hersey, Hiroshima

“Sedan visste de på en stund inget mer att säja, stod där bara tysta men mycket nöjda med att vara tillsammans.

Then for a moment they knew nothing more to say, just stood there in silence but very happy to be together.”
― Astrid Lindgren, Ronia, the Robber's Daughter