"The Madonnas of Leningrad" Quotes
An elderly woman in present-day America recalls her experiences as a guide in the State Hermitage Museum during the Siege of Leningrad.
historical fiction | 228 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
Memory was a curse, yes, but it was also the greatest gift.
An absence is as potent as a presence; a negative is as powerful as a positive.
The past was a ghost, a dream, and yet a place more real than the present.
The things we wished for, the things we lost, the things we longed for.
Each painting was a world, a world with no beginning and no end.
The museum was a place where she could be anyone she wanted to be.
The past is with me; the present is here. The future is uncertain.
The most beautiful things were always the most fragile.
There were no secrets in art, only revelations.
Every painting was a memory, a part of a life that was once lived.
