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“Adults wear themselves out pointlessly searching for a joy they never find. But in children, it bursts out of every pore.”

Book:La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz

Source: La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz

“She realizes with sadness that it was on that day, not the day of her first period, that she left her childhood behind. That was the day she stopped being afraid of skeletons and old stories about phantom hands, and started being afraid of men.”

Reality Of Life

Book:The Librarian of Auschwitz

Source: The Librarian of Auschwitz

“But those who believe that flowers grow in vases don't understand anything about literature. The library has now become her first-aid kit, and she's going to give the children a little of the medicine that helped her recover her smile when she thought she'd lost it forever.”

Death Hope Literature Books Grit Bibliotherapy

Book:La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz

Source: La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz

“...while God's plan is straight, the path to achieving it is twisted.”

Faith God S Plan Reason For Everything

Book:The Librarian of Auschwitz

Source: The Librarian of Auschwitz

“Brave people are not the ones who aren't afraid. Those are reckless people who ignore the risk; they put themselves and others in danger. That's not the sort of person I want on my team. I need the ones who know the risk-- whose legs shake, but carry on.”

Holocaust Auschwitz Auschwitz Concentration Camp Dita Kraus

Book:La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz

Source: La bibliotecaria de Auschwitz

“In de oorlog wordt de waarheid als eerste opgeofferd.”

Auschwitz Oorlog Waarheid Concentratiekamp Woii

Author:Antonio Iturbe

“...which was the real Antoine: the one who would stand mesmerised in front of the window on rainy afternoons watching the drops racing across the glass, or the one who turned the attic upside down and then suddenly appeared disguised as a buccaneer or an explorer shouting ridiculous phrases in order to amuse his sisters and cousins. He asks himself that very question. Who am I? The court jester who shakes his bells when he’s with others, or the silent introvert I am when I’m on my own?”

Aviation Introvert Jester Extrovert Buccaneers

Book:The Prince of the Skies

Source: The Prince of the Skies

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