# Quote — Emile Zola, Thérèse Raquin

> She liked this young fellow with that expansive feeling that old women display for people who come from their own part of the country, bringing with them memories of the past.

- Author: [Emile Zola](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola.md)
- Book: [Thérèse Raquin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin.md)
- Original (fr): Elle aimait ce garçon de cette tendresse bavarde que les vieilles femmes ont pour les gens qui viennent de leur pays, apportant avec eux des souvenirs du passé.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_Zola#Th%C3%A9r%C3%A8se_Raquin_(1867%3B_1868)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/emile-zola/therese-raquin/she-liked-this

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> In reality, one single thought tormented them: they were irritated at their crime, and in despair at having for ever troubled their lives.

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> Sometimes, forcing themselves to hope, they sought to resume the burning dreams of other days, and were quite astonished to find they had no imagination.

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> It was like a lightning flash of passion, swift and blinding in a leaden sky.

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