Nick Bickel

“the attic was home to half the rats in Montmartre.”
― Jana Petken, The Guardian of Secrets

“we could not pray for
anything any more, because we would feel that He always knows of
something better.”
― Johanna Spyri, Heidi

“Flak accounted for far more air crew casualties than German fighters and took down more American planes than the fighters.”
― Steve Snyder, Shot Down: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew of the B-17 Susan Ruth

“There had been that battle over the awful sign the city put up near his house when he was about seven years old, the one that read “Slow Children Playing”. He was so proud of his mom when she called the city government to complain about it and then appealed to the city council. “Why don’t you put up signs saying ‘Smart Children Playing’ on other streets instead of picking on kids like mine?”
― Steve Bates, Back To You