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“Do you know what happens, Etienne,” says Madame Manec from the other side of the kitchen, “when you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water?” “You will tell us, I am sure.” “It jumps out. But do you know what happens when you put the frog in a pot of cool water and then slowly bring it to a boil? You know what happens then?” Marie-Laure waits. The potatoes steam. Madame Manec says, “The frog cooks.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“He says, "This hotel is very cheap, ma cherie. The innkeeper behind the desk said our room was forty francs a night but only twenty francs if we made our own bed." He listens to her breathe. "So I said, 'Oh, we can make our own bed.' And he said, 'Right, I'll get you some nails and wood.'"
Marie-Laure still does not smile.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
Marie-Laure still does not smile.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
“I had to stop taking my
rheumatism medication when I first started taking the pills for my heart.
‘When it really comes down to it, it’s not a hard choice between your
heart and your joints, is it?’ the locum doctor had asked with a smile.
Dying of a heart attack probably wouldn’t be a bad way to go, I had time
to think, before he interrupted my thoughts.”
― When the Cranes Fly South
rheumatism medication when I first started taking the pills for my heart.
‘When it really comes down to it, it’s not a hard choice between your
heart and your joints, is it?’ the locum doctor had asked with a smile.
Dying of a heart attack probably wouldn’t be a bad way to go, I had time
to think, before he interrupted my thoughts.”
― When the Cranes Fly South
“I’m fucking crazy about you, Lisichka. I love you more than words can express.”
― God of Wrath
― God of Wrath
“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
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