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
love-you men amazing-man
I love you breathlessly, my amazing man.
memories enemy comfort
Memory - that fiend, that cruel enemy of comfort.
be-patient patient stills
Tania, there is so much still ahead of you. Be patient with life
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.
hug sound forget
We can’t forget that I owe you my life.” She gazed at him. “We can’t forget that I belong to you.” “I like that sound of that,” Alexander said, hugging her tighter.
comfort heal
He sent you to redeem me, to comfort me, and to heal me—and that’s just so far,” he added with a smile.
love-you greater
The power you have over someone who loves you is greater than any other power you'll ever have.
together lasts letting-you-go
Tania, last time in Morozovo, I let you go, but not this time. This time we live together or we die together.
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.
protective consumed
He is just protective over me-” “Not protective, Tania. Consumed.
rivers mountain way
You will find a way to live without me. You will find a way to live for both of us,' Alexander said to Tatiana as the swelling Kama River flowed from the Ural Mountains through a pine village named Lazarevo, once when they were in love, and young.
giving way breaths
I'll take your breath any way you give it to me, Shura.
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.
letting-go waiting soldier
Tania,” he whispers, “promise me you won’t forget me when I die.” “You won’t die, soldier,” she says. “You won’t die. Live! Live on, breathe on, claw onto life, and do not let go. Promise me you will live for me, and I promise you, when you’re done, I will be waiting for you.” She is sobbing. “Whenever you’re done, Alexander, I will be here, waiting for you.