“...History it seemed could be something entirely different a splash of blood whose agony didn't fade overnight or over centuries.”
“Our childhood had passed over into history overnight. The transition was unnoticed by anyone but ourselves.”
“The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.”
“Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.”
“It was one thing to accept I couldn't have Dimitri. It was something entirely different to realize someone else could.”
“What was the difference between love and the agony of waiting? Like love, the agony of waiting began in the muscles somewhere around the upper belly but soon spread out to the chest, the thighs, and the forehead, to invade the entire body with numbing force.”