The Girl They Left Behind Quotes

“Knowledge is power, the only power that can set you free.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind: A Novel

“In anguish and despair we release this child into the hands of God, with hope and faith that she may be saved.” Roxanne’s mother around the time of her adoption”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“What is a life if without you, The only thing that gave it meaning? How to endure another day, Without your sweet breath upon my cheek, your eyes near? And in the end, when I am laid to rest, Without your hand upon my breast, What will my last thoughts be if not of you, My darling girl of long ago?”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“War is war,” she had told Natalia once. “It transforms human beings in unimaginable ways. But they are still human beings.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“To love is much easier than to despair, even when all of your hope has been burned to ashes.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“Probabil ca s-au intors in clase", isi spuse, apoi isi dadu seama ca intr-un loc ca acesta nu existau clase. Nici carti, nici jocuri, nici jucarii. Aici nu exista decat timpul ac un hau negru ce venea de nicaieri si ducea catre nicaieri.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“once in a while, destiny has plans for us that we might never have imagined. Sometimes stars do align, and in the most mysterious ways.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“You have made my life truly beautiful.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“Nu-l pot opri, pentru omul acesta nu exista bariere. Imi vrea sufletul si-l va avea.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind

“Pleoapele ii erau prea grele, ca si capul, pe care nu-l putea ridica de pe perna, ca si inima, pe care n-o putea porni in intampinarea unei noi zile.”
― Roxanne Veletzos, The Girl They Left Behind