The Balloonmakers Quotes

“She said, a little unkindly, 'We do not have time for your emotions or any heroics. I can only save one life today. I chose you. You have all your stories, and you're young still. Benno, you and I, we'll change the world. But you must trust me. Take this and do not let go...”
― Katherine Locke

“When we arrived at the Lodz ghetto, I was sixteen years old and Ruth was five. My mother was forty-six, my father forty-eight.

When I left the Lodz ghetto, I was seventeen years old and Ruth was five. My mother was forty-six, my father forty-eight.

When I die, I will be an old man...But even then I will always know that my sister is five. She will always be five.”
― Katherine Locke