How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered.
How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered.
I wanted to cry, but the tears did not come.
She couldn't imagine why there was such a difference between those children and her. She couldn't imagine why she and all these other people with her had to be treated this way. Who decided this, and what for?
The girl wondered: These policemen... didn't they have families, too? Didn't they have children? Children they went home to? How could they treat children this way? Were they told to do so, or did they act this way naturally? Were they in fact machines, not human beings? She looked closely at them. They seemed of flesh and bone. They were men. She couldn't understand.
When would he realize that it wasn't his infidelity I couldn't bear, but his cowardice?
You get attached to places, you know. Like people, I suppose.
Zakhor. Al Tichkah. Remember. Never forget.
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