“she plunged her nose into the fragrant mist, closed her eyes and imagined herself far away, very far away, at one of those Middle Eastern markets that the bombs had reduced to rubble, in one of those gardens that no longer exists except in fairly tales.” Middle EastBombingMarketsMiddle East ConflictFragrance QuotesVicarious Travel Book:The Girl Who Reads on the Métro Source: The Girl Who Reads on the Métro
“It must be part of the inescapable human condition--each person ultimately deaf, impervious to other people's emotions, incapable of deciphering gestures, looks, or silences, all condemned to give painful explanations with words that are never the right ones.” Human ConditionTranslated QuotesCommunication Problem Book:Fata care citea în metrou Source: Fata care citea în metrou