“I also don’t carry around shame. It’s a waste of my mental energy.” I pick up my fork
“Hope was a dangerous thief, stealing her today's for a tomorrow that would never come”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“Where? Where did he go?” “East.” Eva took a deep breath. “To a work camp called Auschwitz. In Poland.” “But that’s impossible. He was taken less than a week ago. And we live in France, Eva. This doesn’t happen in France.” “I’m afraid it does.” Eva could see the crush of people penned up at Drancy each time she closed her eyes. “But we left Poland. We—we are French.” “We are Jews.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“pain loses its power when we share it.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
“All she'd wanted was the life she deserved. It didn't occur to her that she had gotten it.”
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
― The Last Mrs. Parrish
“life is darkest when we choose to walk it alone.”
― The Book of Lost Names
― The Book of Lost Names
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