The Daughter's Tale Quotes

“The heart can resist all kinds of physical trauma, but sadness can destroy it in a second. So no sadness in this house!”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“She knew well that no matter how the author fashions his characters, no matter which words he chooses, it is always the reader who holds the power of interpretation.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“In the end, the scent of books, even of autumn, depends on our sense of smell.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“What most disturbed her was being at the mercy of the unknown, of distance, of time.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“You”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“Fear only ends up taking away what little lucidity we have left. Count every heartbeat; you can be sure that from here I will count with you all.”
― Armando Lucas Correa , The Daughter's Tale

“As you once said: 'They start with books and finish with people.' Germany is not what it used to be. My parents were proud to belong to the most civilized, the most cultured and creative country in the world . . . what are we now? Even worse is that the years will go by and we will still be paying for other people's guilt. They have led the nation into an abyss it will be impossible to climb out of. Who will want to have a German child? We'll grow old, we'll be shunned by the whole world, and generation after generation will try to wipe clean this baseness, but they won't be able to.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“God is a shadow. God is asleep. God can’t see us. God has abandoned us. God doesn’t love us, she repeated to herself in a senseless litany.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“The masses howl, thirsty for blood, shouting for the downfall of the other. She is the other.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“Silence, walls of silence all around her.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“From this dark, cold place, I can hear your heart. I know from memory all its movements. When you are asleep or awake, happy or sad, like today."
"My Amanda, I want you never to forget that we were happy once."
Your Julius”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale

“In times of peace, the nights seemed endless.”
― Armando Lucas Correa, The Daughter's Tale