Paullina Simons
Paullina Simons
Paullina Simonsis a Russian-born American writer and the international best-selling author of the novels Tully, Red Leaves, Eleven Hours, The Bronze Horseman, Tatiana and Alexander, Lily and The Summer Garden...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWriter
CountryRussian Federation
heart june broken
Not bombs nor my broken heart can take away from me walking barefoot with you in jasmine June through the Field of Mars.
be-patient patient stills
Tania, there is so much still ahead of you. Be patient with life
memories enemy comfort
Memory - that fiend, that cruel enemy of comfort.
fighting giving battle
There are some battles, no matter how much you don’t want to fight them, that you just have to fight. That are worth giving your life for.
wall night white
Dear God, Tatiana prayed in bed that night, turning to the wall and pulling the white sheet and the thin brown blanket over herself. If You are there somewhere, please teach me how to hide what I never knew how to show.
love-you men amazing-man
I love you breathlessly, my amazing man.
moving love-you eye
I'm going to die with Alexander's hand on my face, Tatiana thought. That is not a bad way to die. I cannot move. I can't get up. Just can't. She closed her eyes and felt herself drifting. Through the haze in front of her she heard Alexander's voice. "Tatiana, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you like I've never loved anyone in my whole life. Now, get up. For me, Tatia. For me, please get up and go take care of your sister. Go on. And I'll take care of you.
moving love-you eye
I'm going to die with Alexander's hand on my face, Tatiana thought. That is not a bad way to die. I cannot move. I can't get up. Just can't. She closed her eyes and felt herself drifting. Through the haze in front of her she heard Alexander's voice. "Tatiana, I love you. Do you hear me? I love you like I've never loved anyone in my whole life. Now, get up. For me, Tatia. For me, please get up and go take care of your sister. Go on. And I'll take care of you.
war distance broken
In Alexander's life there was one thread that could not be broken by death, by distance, by time, by war. Could not be broken. As long as I am in the world, she said with her breath and her body, as long as I am, you are permanent, soldier.
mother daughter age
Daughters are supposed to be friends to their mothers in their old age.
ifs i-can
If I can live through this, he thought, I can live through anything. If I can live through this, I WILL live through anything.