Marlee B

“Life doesn’t work that way, Alina. Hatred spreads—it doesn’t burn out with time. Someone needs to stand up and stop it. You watch, sister—when they’re done with the Jews, it will be our turn again. Besides, even if we could ride out the war with our heads down, and we sat back while the Nazis worked all of our Jewish friends to death, what kind of Poland could be rebuilt once they were gone? Those people are as important to this country as we are. We’re better off dying with honor than sitting back to watch our countrymen suffer,” he said.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

“just because our suffering isn’t the worst, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t count.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

“Time has a way of deluding how we remember things, but there are some memories too pure for even the ravages of the years.”
― Kelly Rimmer, The Things We Cannot Say

“You’re stronger than you appear, aren’t you? I look forward to the day you realize it for yourself.”
― Mimi Matthews, Appointment in Bath