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When you’re young, you see only the future. When you grow older, you see the past.” She turned to stare out the window. After a long pause, she spoke again, her voice quivering in a way Liv had never heard before. “And the past has a way of showing you things clearly, whether you like it or not.”
‘Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and shall not die.’ This is our country, my dear, and I will fight for its honor to the end.”
‘A nation is beaten only when it has accepted that it is beaten.’ A quote from Marshal Foch.
“This is where the war in Europe ended, on May 7, at 2:41 in the morning.”
It’s not the decisions in your past that matter, but the choices you make about your future.”
Was it possible that one sin could stain your soul forever? Or could one do enough good that a mistake of such magnitude could eventually be erased?
“All I want is the chance to come home to you for the rest of my life.”
We all suffer losses. But it is how we choose to move ahead that matters, isn’t it? We must honor the past without turning our backs on the future.”
You can’t rewrite the past, but you can choose to live with your whole heart in the here and now.”
I learned far too late that life is simply about being good and decent to others. It’s as plain as that. But first, you must be good and decent to yourself. Find your own road. Find your own happiness. You must, my dear. You must, or you will wind up old and alone and full of regrets.”
“But as someone I loved very much once told me, you can’t rewrite the past. But you can choose to live with your whole heart in the here and now.”
