Un secret Quotes

“When I was born it was Simon who they'd put once more into his arms, the dream of a child he could mold in his own image. It certainly wasn't me, a half-baked attempt at life, a rough sketch showing no familiar traits whatsoever.”
― Phillipe Grimbert, Memory

“Her temperament has never been competitive; she immediately wants to disappear, to obliterate herself, to make way for them.”
― Phillipe Grimbert, Memory

“The vigor I lacked for physical activities became incandescent when, pen in hand, I filled those pages with invented stories. Sometimes they were intimately about me – family tales, parental exploits – sometimes they became horrific stories sprinkled with torture, death, and reunion: crazy games and tear-soaked sagas.”
― Philippe Grimbert, Memory

“Des années après que mon frère avait déserté ma chambre, après avoir mis en terre tous ceux qui m'étaient chers, j'offrai enfin à Simon la sépulture à laquelle il n'avait jamais eu droit. Il allait y dormir, en compagnie des enfants qui avaient connu son destin, sur cette page portant sa photo, ses dates si rapprochées et son nom, dont l'orthographe différait si peu du mien. Ce livre serait sa tombe.”
― Philippe Grimbert, Memory

“Réfugié dans le silence, mon oncle pensait que tout était vain en dehors de la sagesse contemplative.”
― Philippe Grimbert, Un secret

“Je mes suis entendu lui dire que c'était vrai, qu'il était responsable de cela, mais de cela seulement.”
― Philippe Grimbert, Un secret (Edition pédagogique): Dossier thématique : La Mémoire

“Два дни след петнайсетия си рожден ден аз най-после научих онова, което знаех открай време.”
― Philippe Grimbert, Memory

“Само полковникът знае достатъчно: контактите му с мрежите на Съпротивата, сведенията, получавани от американските приятели, съобщават, че оттатък границите съществува абсолютно зло.”
― Philippe Grimbert, Memory