The Lost Manuscript Quotes

“To all the books we've read.

To all those we have yet to read.

Because like sandmen,

they sprinkle into our daily lives

A few words or phrases

that work their way into our subconscious over time.

and change us.
Discreetly, but irrevocably.”
― Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

“We can't move forward in life without getting some scars along the way.”
― Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

“Il y a parfois une évidence entre un livre et un lecteur, celle-ci ne peut pas être due au hasard.”
― Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

“I know that a novel can transport us far, penetrate and transform us forevermore. I know that characters on paper can modify our memories and remain forever at our side.”
― Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

“I believe we all have an unfavorable month that we hold our breath through each year in order to fight back the noxiousness.”
― Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

“I am one of those people who cannot savor the present unless they have kept a fragment, forever nestled in the heart of their memories...”
― Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript

“...the idea of this illness lying low in the shadows, ready to swallow us up, too, at the bend of the road. the disease that eats away memory is surely the most awful of all, because it erases our past day by day, making us disappear little by little, until we've never existed.”
― Cathy Bonidan, The Lost Manuscript