Tatiana de Rosnay Professions : JournalistBorn : September 28, 1961 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Tatiana de Rosnay Zakhor. Al Tichkah. Remember. Never forget. Tatiana de Rosnay alsnever-forgetremember When would he realize that it wasn't his infidelity I couldn't bear, but his cowardice? Tatiana de Rosnay infidelityrealizingbears How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered. Tatiana de Rosnay streetsdestroyedbuilding You're playing with Pandora's box. Sometimes it's better not to open it. Sometimes, it's better not to know. Tatiana de Rosnay pandoras-boxboxessometimes You get attached to places, you know. Like people, I suppose. Tatiana de Rosnay knowspeople The girl wondered: These policemen... didn't they have families, too? Didn't they have children? Children they went home to? How could they treat children this way? Were they told to do so, or did they act this way naturally? Were they in fact machines, not human beings? She looked closely at them. They seemed of flesh and bone. They were men. She couldn't understand. Tatiana de Rosnay girlhomechildren She couldn't imagine why there was such a difference between those children and her. She couldn't imagine why she and all these other people with her had to be treated this way. Who decided this, and what for? Tatiana de Rosnay differenceschildrenpeople 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. Tatiana de Rosnay destinydreambook And so I write this for you, My Sarah. With the hope that one day, when you’re old enough, this story that lives with me, will live with you as well. When a story is told, it is not forgotten. It becomes something else, a memory of who we were; the hope of what we can become. Tatiana de Rosnay one-daywritingmemories I wanted to say sorry, I wanted to tell her I could not forget the roundup, the camp, Michel's death, and the direct train to Auschwitz that had taken her parents away forever. Sorry for what? he had retaliated, why should I, an American, feel sorry, hadn't my fellow countrymen freed France in June 1944? I had nothing to be sorry for, he laughed. I had looked at him straight in the eyes. Sorry for not knowing. Sorry for being forty-five years old and not knowing. Tatiana de Rosnay eyetakensorry It is not easy to explain how I felt while I read, but I will try. No doubt you, as a reader, will understand. It appeared I found myself in a place where no one could bother me, where no one could reach me. I grew impervious to all the noises around me. Tatiana de Rosnay doubtnoisetrying Michel. In my dreams, you come and get me. You take me by the hand and you lead me away. This life is too much for me to bear. I look at the key and I long for you and for the past. For the innocent, easy days before the war. I know now my scars will never heal. I hope my son will forgive me. He will never know. No one will ever know. Tatiana de Rosnay dreamwarson 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. Tatiana de Rosnay longbookthinking I wanted to cry, but the tears did not come. Tatiana de Rosnay crytearswanted You know what I find most shocking about the Vel'd'Hiv?" Guillaume said. "Its code name." I knew the answer to that, thanks to my extensive reading. Operation Spring Breeze, " I murmured. Tatiana de Rosnay readingnamesspring It's a complicated process being so bilingual. Sometimes it's a mere word or sentence that comes to me, if I'm writing the book in English, in French. It's not always easy to deal with. Sometimes even during an interview somebody can ask me a question in English that I want to answer in French and vice versa - that's the story of my life! Tatiana de Rosnay my-lifemesometimeslife When you grew up in France in the 1970s and 80s, the Vel' d'Hiv wasn't part of the history program. Tatiana de Rosnay upyoufrancehistory I'm a writer. I'm not an actress. Tatiana de Rosnay writeractress There are two of my favorite books, 'The Great Gatsby' and 'Gone With The Wind', that were made into movies. And I love those movies as much as I love the books. That's really rare. Tatiana de Rosnay moviesgreatwindlove Sometimes I get to see a movie that's adapted from a book that I haven't heard about or that I love the movie so much that I will, of course, read the book. Tatiana de Rosnay willsometimeslovebook Similar Authors Irving Bacheller journalist Bill Keller journalist Bob Woodward journalist Bolesław Prus journalist Buzz Bissinger journalist Burton Rascoe journalistAll Authors
