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I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die QUOTES

I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die QUOTES

1 " Why had I always believed that a frontier must, of necessity, be a physical obstacle? "

― Christine Arnothy , I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die

2 " Remember this: Justice and charity come before everything. In any case, what happens to us here on earth is not very important, since our true life is waiting for us above. "

― Christine Arnothy , I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die

3 " Los pesados bombarderos rusos pasaban por encima de las casas con un sonido de trueno y soltaban sus proyectiles al azar, buscando al enemigo que jugaba a las escondidas con ellos. En éste juego macabro de gallina ciega, éramos nosotros los que estábamos vendados. Con los ojos cerrados, la cara escondida entre las manos, acechábamos el paso de los aviones y nuestros dedos temblorosos palpaban ansiosamente lo muros chorreantes. "

― Christine Arnothy , I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die

4 " I pressed one cheek against the earth, against this earth which belonged to no one and which was mine. This was where I was at home: here where spirits met again in the luminous void that stretched between the two halves of the world. "

― Christine Arnothy , I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die

5 " I went into the little church, all golden in the autumn sunlight, to say a prayer. Since then, I have visited the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe but they cannot make me forget that simple little house of God. "

― Christine Arnothy , I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die

6 " I had left the cellar filled with ardent hope. A child had died there. She began life again as an adult. I wanted someone else to be glad I was alive. But men were interested in no one but themselves, and the sun caressed my thin arms and pale face with as much indifference as if I had been a blade of grass. "

― Christine Arnothy , I Am Fifteen—and I Don't Want to Die