Quotes from La petite fille de Monsieur Linh

“Qu'est-ce que donc que la vie humaine si ce n'est un collier de blessures que l'on porte autour de son cou? A quoi sert d'aller ainsi dans les jours, les mois, les années, toujours plus faible, toujours meurtri?”
― Philippe Claudel, quote from La petite fille de Monsieur Linh

“¿Qué es la vida sino un collar de heridas que cada hombre se cuelga del cuello?”
― Philippe Claudel, quote from La petite fille de Monsieur Linh

“«De vez en
cuando un milagro, oro y risas, y de nuevo la esperanza cuando
crees que a tu alrededor todo es destrucción y silencio.»”
― Philippe Claudel, quote from La petite fille de Monsieur Linh

“De vez en cuando un milagro, oro y risas, y de nuevo la esperanza cuando crees que a tu alrededor todo es destrucción y silencio.”
― Philippe Claudel, quote from La petite fille de Monsieur Linh

“El anciano se llama Linh. Es el único que lo sabe, porque el resto de las personas que lo sabían están muertas.”
― Philippe Claudel, quote from La petite fille de Monsieur Linh

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“The night knows nothing of the chants of night.
It is what it is as I am what I am:
And in perceiving this I best perceive myself

And you. Only we two may interchange
Each in the other what each has to give.
Only we two are one, not you and night,

Nor night and I, but you and I, alone,
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So far beyond the casual solitudes,

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