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"Suite Francaise" Quotes
"Suite Française" by Irène Némirovsky depicts the lives of various French citizens during the Nazi occupation and explores themes of survival, human nature, and the chaos of war.
Quotes
It was a strange thing to meet someone you had known years ago.
War was the most terrible thing that could happen to a country.
In times of war, people do things they wouldn’t do in ordinary life.
It was astonishing how the human spirit could adapt to anything.
There are moments when the heart is so full of emotion that if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, spilled on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
Even in the most difficult times, there is a place for love.
The silence of a soundless night is something that cannot be imagined.
A man can get used to anything if he wants to survive.
In war, the strong make a place for themselves, while the weak are swept aside.
Life goes on in the most incredible ways, even in the midst of turmoil.
