Les Disparus du Clairdelune Quotes

“Quand je vous ai dit que vous aviez une prédisposition surnaturelle aux catastrophes, ce n'était pas une invitation à me donner raison.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“La première fois que je vous ai vue, je me suis fait une piètre opinion de vous. Je vous croyais sans jugeote et sans caractère, incapable de tenir jusqu'au mariage. Ça restera à jamais la plus grosse erreur de ma vie.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Vous me compliquez la vie avec votre rancœur, nous devons impérativement nous réconcilier. Je n'ai pas le droit de pénétrer dans le gynécée : retrouvez-moi à l'intendance, insultez-moi, giflez-moi, cassez-moi une assiette sur la tête si ça vous chante, et puis n'en parlons plus.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Oh, and by the way, I love you.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“The first time I saw you, I formed a very poor opinion of you. I thought you had no common sense and no character, and wouldn't make it to the marriage. That would forever remain the biggest mistake of my life.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“I've been reading all sorts of objects for years, and yet I feel as if I know nothing. An Earth shattered to pieces. Deliberately forgetful family spirits. Indecipherable Books. You.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Ne tombez plus dans les escaliers, évitez les objets tranchants et surtout, surtout, gardez-vous des personnes peu recommandables, entendu ?”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Ophélie se sentit déchirée entre la détresse et la fureur. Il n'avait pas le droit! Il n'avait pas le droit d'entrer dans son existence ainsi, de tout mettre sens dessus dessous, puis de s'en aller comme si de rien n'était.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“The past wasn't always beautiful to look at, but the errors of the people who has preceded her on Earth had also become her own. If Ophelia had learned one thing in life, it was the errors were indispensable for personal development.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“A proposito: vi amo.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“I've never made such an effort not to be hated by someone”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“The truth is that you're playing with us like a child plays with dolls. Does that make you feel less like a doll yourself?”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“A museum, it’s like a memory,”
― Christelle Dabos, The Missing of Clairdelune

“La prima volta che ti ho vista mi sono fatto una ben misera opinione di voi. Vi credevo priva di buonsenso e di carattere, incapace di reggere fino al matrimonio. Rimarrà per sempre il più grosso errore della mia vita.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Try your dears.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“She knew with absolute certainty that from the moment they separated, she would never know warmth again.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Danger is part of our life," he told her, solemnly. "I'm fighting for a different future, and I believe you are, too at your own level and in your own way. I will not abandon my post, just as you didn't abandon yours. It's up to us to see our choices out to the end, am I not right?”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“The first time I saw you, I formed a very poor opinion of you. I thought you had no common sense and no character, and wouldn't make it to the marriage. That will forever remain the biggest mistake of my life.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“- Vous m'avez parlé de lettres, rappela Thorn.
- Ah oui, nous les avons trouvées dans ses effets personnels. Patience!
- Je patiente, dit Thorn qui s'impatientait à vue d’œil.
- Non, je ne parle pas à vous, je parle à ma sœur. Patience, passe-moi l'une de ces lettres.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Non posso voltarmi un attimo senza che voi vi ritrovate dove non dovreste essere. Penso che abbiate... come dire... una predisposizione naturale alle catastrofi.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“C'est donc lui, le fameux M. Farouk ? C'est un beau morceau, mais il ne se tient pas très bien.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Men rebuild what other men have destroyed.”
― Christelle Dabos, The Missing of Clairdelune

“Non cadete per le scale, evitate gli oggetti taglienti e soprattutto guardatevi dalle persone poco raccomandabili, d'accordo?”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“No puedo darle la espalda un instante sin que se encuentre justo donde no debe estar. Pienso que tiene… como decirlo… una predisposición sobrenatural a las catástrofes.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“You are not a doll," Ophelia asserted, with all the breath she had. "You don't have to fulfill another's dream."
"I must do what is written," Farouk repeated, unperturbed. "Open the door."
The three policemen responsible for the unlocking mechanism moved towards Ophelia, but she stood firm and God's words emerged from her body, as if they had, inexplicably, always been there, lurking in the corner of her being, waiting for their time to come: "Your Book is but the start of your story, Odin. It's up to you alone to write the ending.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Because I've never made such an effort not to be hated by someone”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Ophélie se sintió dividida entre la angustia y la euforia. ¡Él no podía hacer eso! No tenía derecho de entrar a su existencia así, poniendo todo de cabeza, y luego irse como si nada hubiera pasado.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Ah, ces trains ! pesta la tante Roseline. On s'y ennuie comme des dessous-de-plat. Passe-moi une autre revue. Trouves-en une qui soit vraiment en mauvais état, que ça me tienne éveillée.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune

“Fear. He doesn’t understand, he has never understood, what God expects of him. For his brothers and sisters, everything seems so simple! They accept their powers, they follow every instruction, they do what is written in their Books without asking themselves any questions. He, Odin, hasn’t got a clue. He is scared of becoming what God expects of him, and he is also scared of never becoming it. These are emotions that are far too complex for him.”
― Christelle Dabos, The Missing of Clairdelune

“You are not a doll," Ophelia asserted, with all the breath she had. "You have to fulfill another's dream."
"I must do what is written," Farouk repeated, unperturbed. "Open the door."
The three policemen responsible for the unlocking mechanism moved towards Ophelia, but she stood firm and God's words emerged from her body, as if they had, inexplicably, always been there, lurking in the corner of her being, waiting for their time to come: "Your Book is but the start of your story, Odin. It's up to you alone to write the ending.”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Disparus du Clairdelune