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Julien Mauriac is the son of Vianne Mauriac and Von Richter. However, Julien thinks that his father is Antoine Mauriac because Vianne refused to tell him otherwise. Julien is completely unaware of what his mother went through during World War II until the end of the novel when he attends an event with her in Paris.
Julien Mauriac Quotes in The Nightingale
The The Nightingale quotes below are all either spoken by Julien Mauriac or refer to Julien Mauriac. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 1
Quotes
If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.
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If I had told him the truth long ago, or had danced and drunk and sung more, maybe he would have seen me instead of a dependable ordinary mother. He loves a version of me that is incomplete. I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I’d like to be known.
Chapter 14
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How can I possibly go without remembering all of it—the terrible things I have done, the secret I kept, the man I killed . . . and the one I should have?
Chapter 39
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“Did Dad know?” Julien asks.
“Your father . . .” I pause, draw in a breath. Your father. And there it is, the secret that made me bury it all.
I smile at them, my two boys who should have broken me, but somehow saved me, each in his own way. Because of them, I know now what matters, and it is not what I have lost. It is my memories. Wounds heal. Love lasts.
We remain.
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Julien Mauriac Quotes in The Nightingale
The The Nightingale quotes below are all either spoken by Julien Mauriac or refer to Julien Mauriac. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
If I had told him the truth long ago, or had danced and drunk and sung more, maybe he would have seen me instead of a dependable ordinary mother. He loves a version of me that is incomplete. I always thought it was what I wanted: to be loved and admired. Now I think perhaps I’d like to be known.
Chapter 14
Quotes
How can I possibly go without remembering all of it—the terrible things I have done, the secret I kept, the man I killed . . . and the one I should have?
Chapter 39
Quotes
“Did Dad know?” Julien asks.
“Your father . . .” I pause, draw in a breath. Your father. And there it is, the secret that made me bury it all.
I smile at them, my two boys who should have broken me, but somehow saved me, each in his own way. Because of them, I know now what matters, and it is not what I have lost. It is my memories. Wounds heal. Love lasts.
We remain.
