Vango Quotes

“There are some closed doors we’re so frightened of opening that we don’t see them any more. We’ve pushed furniture in front of them; we’ve jammed the lock. Children are the only ones who might crouch down on all fours to stare at the red glow coming from under the door, as they wonder what lies behind it. But Vango had always been afraid of the glow.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“Who could have predicted what would happen in the time it takes to boil an egg?”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“Perhaps it was because of his wife that Pippo the farmer dreamt of becoming a sailor. There are certain people on this earth who make you want to sail very far away, and above all for a very long time.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“He was frightened for his country. Slowly and tragically it was drifting in the wrong direction. Something had to be done. Tiny gestures. Barely noticeable. A little resistance, some gentle friction, to break the fall.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“The shot has gone under my rib, Boulard my boy, so it must have been the shortest one who fired."
Even his final sigh was a police investigation.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“He was raised by three nurses: freedom, solitude and Mademoiselle. Together, the three of them provided him with an education. From them, he learned everything he believed it was possible to learn.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“In an ideal world, we might have dreamed of a benevolent hand intervening so that one of them tarried a little longer while the other hurried up, and that they would have found themselves at precisely the same moment, in front of the black van with Drat That Rat! stamped across it. In an ideal world, there would have been music playing in the distance and a ray of sunshine would have lit up the pavement.
But, even in an ideal world, would it have been worth changing the course of these two lives, treating them like pawns to be pushed one square ahead or behind, just for us to enjoy a reunion scene played out in slow motion?
So Vango got into the van alone.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“For Ethel, it was exactly as if one of the twisted beech trees behind the castle had knocked at her door one morning to ask for her hand in marriage. What could she say? Yes, she loved those little trees beneath which she used to build her dens, she loved them dearly...but would she have wanted to marry them?”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Between Sky And Earth

“sự chóng vánh làm nên sức mạnh của cuộc gặp gỡ”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Entre ciel et terre

“It can be boring to watch snowflakes falling with your eyes fixed in one place, but when you follow a single snowflake from up high, when you follow its aerobatics, you embark on an intoxicating adventure.”
― Timothée de Fombelle, Vango: Entre ciel et terre