To Capture What We Cannot Keep Quotes

“Without moving he had glanced down at her head, at the steady rise and fall of her breath. She had a tiny mole on the lobe of her left ear. Did she know it was there? It was a lover's privilege to know another's body almost better than she herself did.”
― Beatrice Colin, To Capture What We Cannot Keep

“Париж бе град, който може да те възнагради и да те съсипе; може да те издигне до седмото небе и след това да те повлече към дъното…”
― Beatrice Colin, To Capture What We Cannot Keep

“Тя (кулата) не се опитва да бъде нещо, което не е. Нищо не е скрито и обратното също е вярно – нищо в града не може да се скрие. В ясен ден от върха ще се вижда всичко. Всичко ще бъде на показ в цялата си величествена прозрачност.”
― Beatrice Colin, To Capture What We Cannot Keep

“Затова строяха тази кула, за да отпразнуват стогодишнината от Френската революция и да подарят на хората на Париж техния град – докъдето могат да го видят с очите си… Тук човек можеше да се издигне… тук можеше да види как животът долу си върви и всичко е на мястото си, всичко е създадено така, че да има смисъл.”
― Beatrice Colin, To Capture What We Cannot Keep

“His style was the exact opposite of his technical work; his line was loose, economical, free. And he wanted to capture what he couldn't keep, the fleeting, the transient.”
― Beatrice Colin, To Capture What We Cannot Keep

“This is what she really thought of him; he was an engineer, not an artist. And yet, there was art in his work, in the soar of a structure and the arch of a bridge, in every framework of light and air and iron.”
― Beatrice Colin, To Capture What We Cannot Keep

“To call you a whore," Emile said, "would be to denigrate a profession. No, sir, you are a cunt.”
― Beatrice Colin, To Capture What We Cannot Keep