Waiting for Leah Quotes

“The day after tomorrow you'll say that only the day before you saw someone who no longer exists. He stays in your memory for a split second and then vanishes.”
― Arnošt Lustig, Waiting for Leah

“It occurred to me that his words had a shadow. Or teeth and claws, and blood. Some kind of invisible whip. How words can be a trap, a trick and a net, not for butterflies or birds, or lions! The things that words promise.”
― Arnošt Lustig, Waiting for Leah