One is what one has the nerve to pretend to be.
Alan FurstWell, he thought, one did what one had to do, so life went. No, one did what one had to do in order to do what one wanted to do - so life really went.
Alan FurstWherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower - translated from a French saying
Alan FurstThis land, like so much of the French countryside, was a painting, but Mercier felt his heart touched with melancholy and realized, not for the first time, that beautiful places were hard on lonely people.
Alan FurstThere's a French saying, ‘Où le Dieu a vous semé, il faut savoir fleurir.’ Let's see, ‘Wherever God has planted you, you must know how to flower'...
Alan FurstAnd, with much of Europe occupied by Nazi Germany, and Mussolini's armies in Albania, on the Greek frontier, one wasn't sure what came next. So, don't trust the telephone. Or the newspapers. Or the radio. Or tomorrow.
Alan FurstThe printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved.
Alan FurstLive today, for tomorrow we die.
Alan FurstThis year, of course, being 1936, there would be no figs.
Alan FurstStichwörter: foreshadow simple-brilliance
Home at that moment was a starless night, a steady wind, not a human to be seen.
Alan FurstStichwörter: nature home travel
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