40 Quotes by Tatiana de Rosnay

Never cry in front of these men. Never cry. Ever. It’s only hair. Hair will grow back.

There had been over four thousand Jewish children penned in the Vel’ d’Hiv’, aged between two and twelve. Most of the children were French, born in France. None of them came back from Auschwitz.

The more I read, the hungrier I become. Each book seemed promising, each page I turned offered an escapade, the allure of another world, other destinies, other dreams.

Quick, children, come now. You are safe here. You are safe with us.

I think they’re really linked. I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.

When nature got angry, Paul said, there was nothing man could do about it. Nothing at all. In.

He had said, hesitatingly, “Because they think we are different. So they are frightened of us.” But what was different? thought the girl. What was so different?

Are we not forever shaped by our childhood, its scars, its secrets, its hidden pain?

The girl wondered if her parents had been right to protect her from everything, if they had been right not to explain why so many things had changed for them since the start of the war... Nobody would tell her. Nobody would explain. She hated being treated like a baby. She hated the voices being lowered when she entered the room. If they had told her, if they had told her everything they knew, wouldn’t that have made today easier?