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“I tried to take a deep breath and be British and brave, but it didn't work, and instead, the tears began. Masses of them. Where did tears like that come from and how did they get there so fast? Were they always there, just waiting for something awful to happen? What a horrible job they had.”
― Dear Mrs. Bird
― Dear Mrs. Bird
“Human beings are momentary breaths in the midst of the hurricane of our circumstances,”
― Auschwitz Lullaby
― Auschwitz Lullaby
“Home isn't a safe place where everything stays the same; it's a place where you are safe and loved despite nothing staying the same.”
― As Bright as Heaven
― As Bright as Heaven
“For us, bearers of life, to murder for ideals is the worst aberrataion created by humankind. Mothers capable of generating life could never become accomplices to so much death.”
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“The sun had pulled its socks up and was making a good effort in the almost cloudless winter sky,”
― Dear Mrs. Bird
― Dear Mrs. Bird
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