The Silence of the Sea (1949)
Jean-Marie Robain: L'oncle
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Quotes
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[first lines]
L'oncle : And so, he had left. And so, he submitted, like the others. like all the others of that miserable nation, and I tried to etch into my mind the events of these last six months: Our evenings, his words, his revolt, yet not even he, of all men, had the courage to resist his master's orders.
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L'oncle : That night I learned that for keen observers, the hands express emotion just as deeply as a face. They're perhaps more expressive than a face, for it's harder for us to control them.
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[last lines]
L'oncle : My niece prepared lunch, as she did every day. She served me in silence, and we drank in silence. Outside, pale sunlight shone through the fog. It seemed very cold outside.
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L'oncle : Women's instincts are sharper than a tiger's.
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L'oncle : She kissed me good night, and her beautiful gray eyes seemed full of reproach and heavy with sadness.
