The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury Quotes

“Si j’aimais une femme, la plus belle preuve d’amour que je puisse lui faire, c’est de ne jamais le lui dire, pour qu’elle ne prenne pas le risque de vivre avec un type comme moi”
― Marc Lévy, L'étrange voyage de Monsieur Daldry

“Your future depends on your choices, on your will. It belongs to you.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“I think one person’s courage can defeat the complacency of a thousand others.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Como dice una canción, me ha rozado el alma y me la ha cambiado, ¿cómo perdonarle el haber hecho nacer en mí las ganas de querer y de que me quieran?”
― Marc Levy, L'étrange voyage de Monsieur Daldry

“Y, además, los mejores sentimientos acaban por desgastarse, todo se degrada.”
― Marc Lèvy, L'étrange voyage de Monsieur Daldry

“The flames are burning, you may not see them, but they’re ruining your nights. Stop hiding in that broom closet and face your fears.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“You have two lives in you, Alice. The one you know, and another one. One that has been waiting for you for a very long time. They have nothing in common, apart from you.”
― Marc Levy, 伊斯坦布尔假期

“Just because somebody is gone doesn’t mean they don’t exist anymore—with a little imagination, you’re never alone.”
― Marc Levy, 伊斯坦布尔假期

“Boys like to fight, and of course, it’s in their nature. But as they grow up and their vocabulary expands, they will find the right words to express themselves and the violence will subside. Brutality is just the result of frustration, the incapacity to express oneself in words. Without words, people often resort to fists.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“phony to force oneself to be jolly just because it happens to be marked on the calendar.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Meine Eltern fehlen mir ganz furchtbar, Waise zu sein ist ein Abgrund der Eisamkeit, aus dem ich mich nicht befreien kann.”
― Marc Levy, L'étrange voyage de Monsieur Daldry

“Les visages de ceux qu'on a le plus aimés s'effacent avec le temps, les voix s'oublient, mais les senteurs, jamais.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Mr. Daldry

“Le non, vous l'avez déjà ma fille, risquez le oui.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Mr. Daldry

“One has to forgive. Not everybody was at fault. Think of Yaya and her family, who saved us. They taught me tolerance. I think one person’s courage can defeat the complacency of a thousand others.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“but doing something was so much better than staying huddled up inside my own prison.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“one person’s courage can defeat the complacency of a thousand others.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“cabin.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“solicitor”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“return”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“they spent the night together, so I suppose it was”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Let’s walk a little farther together. Do you mind?” “Yes. Let’s walk a little farther together.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Why aren’t you together anymore?” “Because we were never really together to begin with. It’s a long story.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Absolutes are essential oils, and concretes are obtained by extracting perfume from natural vegetal sources like rose, jasmine, or lilac blossom.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“I think it’s phony to force oneself to be jolly just because it happens to be marked on the calendar.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Alice had a rare gift: she was a “nose.” Her sense of smell was so acute that she could distinguish and memorize the slightest odor. She spent her days alone, bent over the long wooden table in her flat, blending different essences to obtain combinations that might one day become a perfume. Every month she made the rounds of the London perfume shops, offering them her new creations.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“You dream of a perfect love story, but you’re too afraid to let yourself go.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“I was terrified those nights that I was searching for the wounded, but doing something was so much better than staying huddled up inside my own prison.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“I’m sure you will find whatever you are seeking. Our city has many richnesses: leather, rubber, cotton, wool, silk, oils, fisheries.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Brutality is just the result of frustration, the incapacity to express oneself in words. Without words, people often resort to fists.”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

“Predictions are difficult to make, particularly when they concern the future.” —Pierre Dac”
― Marc Levy, The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury