I think they're really linked. I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.

I wanted to cry, but the tears did not come.

It is not easy to explain how I felt while I read, but I will try. No doubt you, as a reader, will understand. It appeared I found myself in a place where no one could bother me, where no one could reach me. I grew impervious to all the noises around me.

And so I write this for you, My Sarah. With the hope that one day, when you’re old enough, this story that lives with me, will live with you as well. When a story is told, it is not forgotten. It becomes something else, a memory of who we were; the hope of what we can become.

How was it possible that entire lives could change, could be destroyed, and that streets and buildings remained the same, she wondered.

I think they're really linked. I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.

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?