Don’t Tell Mummy Quotes

“الناس يصدقون ما يرغبون في تصديقه حتى لو جاءهم به فاسق”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“A terrible sadness threatened to overwhelm me as I wondered how two people capable of such love for each other had eventually felt so little for the child they had produced between them.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“حتى في لحظة الاحتضار ،لا يحب الإنسان أن يذكّره احد بالموت .”
― Toni Maguire, Don't Tell Mummy

“So at twelve, I discovered that alcohol could dull pain and saw it as a friend. It was only in later years I realized that a friendship with a bottle can overnight turn into a relationship with the enemy.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“يبدو أن حتى الشياطين لا تطيق احتمال العيش في الكذب ، لا بد أنها تحتاج إلى من يعرف حقيقتها ويعبر لها عن رضاه عنها”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“I remember the pain I felt, and wonder why a man who was such an accomplished liar had to tell the truth that day.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“The smile on his lips was always the smile of the nice father, but in his eyes I could see the nasty one, the one invisible to everyone else, the one that lived inside his head.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“O segredo que não contei a meu pai foi o segredo que escondi a mim mesma. Minha mãe sabia. O único medo que ele tinha era que ela descobrisse. Assim, esse foi o dia em que nosso jogo começou.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“لحبُّ هو عادةٌ يصعُب التخلص منها , اسألي أي امرأة استمرت في علاقة سيِّئة مع رجل ثم انتهى الحب بينهما! حتى التي تهرب من زوجها بحثًا عن ملاذ، غالبًا ما تعود إليه مرة أخرى! أتدرين لماذا؟ لأنها واقعةً في حبِّ الرَّجل، ليس الذي يؤذيها الآن، ولكن الذي ظنَّت أنها تزوجته بادئ ذي بَدء”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“كنت أثق في حُبّها وأعلم أنها تبادلني الحُب نفسه، وبذلك ستطلب
منه ألّا يُكرّر فعلته مرة ثانية، لكنها لم تفعل”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“We were young, she continued, while she had a bad heart. Did we not want to earn our tips, she asked us and, cowed, we refrained from introducing the subject again.
Her bad heart, I noticed, did not force her to abstain from smoking, or from eating large portions of puddings. Every time I heard her opening how she could not carry anything heavy, I thought sourly "except yourself".”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“Don’t tell Mummy,' he said, giving me a slight shake. 'This is our secret, Antoinette, do you hear me?”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“كثيراً ما يستعين الإنسان بالقسوة لحمل بني جنسه على الشعور بالعجز، لأن عجزهم يعزز لديه الإحساس بالقوة والتفوق.”
― توني ماغواير, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“Why, Tony, why didn't you ever let me grow up?”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“Sem ser capaz de fugir das lembranças, senti o passado me puxar de volta e me senti oscilar no limite da sanidade, limite no qual eu já vacilara duas vezes. Senti mais uma vez a tentação de atravessá-lo, pois o outro lado era seguro. Trata-se de uma segurança em que toda responsabilidade por nossa vida é abandonada, e nós, feito crianças, deixamos que os outros se responsabilizem. Assim, como um feto, podemos permanecer imóveis, deixando os dias passarem até que a mente fique vazia e livre dos pesadelos para sempre.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“Antoinette, tu vas sûrement trouver que la vie est injuste, comme tu as déjà pu t'en rendre compte. Les gens vont t'accuser, ils l'ont d'ailleurs déjà fait. Mais écoute-moi bien. J'ai lu les rapports de police. J'ai vu ton dossier médical. Je sais exactement ce que tu as subi, et je t'assure que rien de tout cela n'est de ta faute. Tu n'as pas à avoir honte.”
― Toni Maguire, Don't Tell Mummy

“O laço palpável entre eles era uma força com energia própria, que minava a minha.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal

“Não vá contar para a sua mãe. Isso é segredo nosso. Se contar, ela não vai acreditar em você. Ela não vai mais amar você...E eu já sabia que isso era verdade.”
― Toni Maguire, Don’t Tell Mummy: A True Story of the Ultimate Betrayal