Delphine de Vigan

"“Some secrets are like fossils and the stone has become too heavy to turn over."

"“If you consider that a single straight line can be drawn between any two points, one day Im going to draw a line from him to me or me to him.”"

"“Before I met No I thought that violence meant shouting and hitting and war and blood. Now I know that there can also be violence in silence and that it’s sometimes invisible to the naked eye. There’s violence in the time that conceals wounds, the relentless succession of days, the impossibility of turning back the clock. Violence is what escapes us. It’s silent and hidden. Violence is what remains inexplicable, what stays forever opaque"

"“But sometimes the night reveals the only truth that time passes and things will never be seen the same again.”"

"“And when he catches me looking at him, he gives me this incredibly sweet, calm smile, and I think that weve got our lives ahead of us, our whole lives.”"

"“People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the hidden meaning of history, hides disorder and abandonment, links things and brings opposites together. Grammar is a wonderful way of organising the world how youd like it to be.”"