Quotes from Jane Mendelsohn

The spring came suddenly; the rains stopped, the days grew noticeably longer, and the afternoon light felt powdery, as if it might blow away.

There is no difference between being rescued and being captured.

He wanted his daughter's happiness more than anything but he saw that she was not destined primarily for happiness. She was too complicated for happiness.

I want to tell you everything without saying anything." (118)

A soldier's body is a work of art that contains his country's history.

Here I am, alone again, alone but not completely by myself, alone without the freedom of not having to think about someone else