--- title: "5 David Quotes By Anne Holm" description: "5 David quotes by Anne Holm. Plus more from Anne Holm and more David sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/anne-holm-23374_camps_the-sun-glistened-on-a-drop-of-water-as_768821.png" --- > [The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/the-sun-glistened-on-a-drop-of-water-as-it-fell-from-his-hand-to-his/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/anne-holm-23374_camps_the-sun-glistened-on-a-drop-of-water-as_768821.png) > [“God of the green pastures and the still waters, please don't help me. I want to do it by myself so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/god-of-the-green-pastures-and-the-still-waters-please-don-t-help-me-i/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/anne-holm-23374_amen_god-of-the-green-pastures-and-the-still_1472672.jpg) > [“David set his foot in a gap higher up the barbed wire...When would the searchlight come?They could not be certain of hitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/david-set-his-foot-in-a-gap-higher-up-the-barbed-wire-when-would-the/) [anne holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/anne-holm-23374_barbed-wire_david-set-his-foot-in-a-gap-higher-up-th_1599343.png) > [“David thought living in a house was very difficult. It was not the house itself--that was lovely to be in--but the people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/david-thought-living-in-a-house-was-very-difficult-it-was-not-the/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/anne-holm-23374_david_david-thought-living-in-a-house-was-very_2223395.jpg) > [“I wrote "David" because it seemed to me that children, who can love a book more passionately than any grown person, got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/i-wrote-david-because-it-seemed-to-me-that-children-who-can-love-a/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f3/anne-holm-23374_book_i-wrote-david-because-it-seemed-to-me-th_2618652.png) ## Other authors on David ## More by Anne Holm > [The angrier you were, the less likely you were to think clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/the-angrier-you-were-the-less-likely-you-were-to-think-clearly/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“But Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and better. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/but-johannes-had-said-politeness-is-something-you-owe-other-people/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easer to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/johannes-had-once-said-that-violence-and-cruelty-were-just-a-stupid/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“For a moment David was tempted to think that perhaps there were no good people at all outside concentration camps, but then he reminded…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/for-a-moment-david-was-tempted-to-think-that-perhaps-there-were-no/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/you-could-not-bribe-honest-people-but-bad-people-would-accept-bribery/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but it left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/the-sun-glistened-on-a-drop-of-water-as-it-fell-from-his-hand-to-his/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“Angelo was a grown man, and here was one thing he was quite free to decide for himself, and yet he was ready to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/angelo-was-a-grown-man-and-here-was-one-thing-he-was-quite-free-to/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“Before he had come to the town he had known about nothing but death: here he had learnt to live, to decide things for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/before-he-had-come-to-the-town-he-had-known-about-nothing-but-death/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“He'd forgotten the most important condition that made it possible for him to go on living: that he should never again grow fond of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/he-d-forgotten-the-most-important-condition-that-made-it-possible-for/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“Johannes said greedy people can never be happy, and I would so much like to know what it feels like to be happy. Johannes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/johannes-said-greedy-people-can-never-be-happy-and-i-would-so-much/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“Yes, he had made a good choice after all when he had chosen the God of the green pasture and the still waters! He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/yes-he-had-made-a-good-choice-after-all-when-he-had-chosen-the-god-of/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“God of the green pastures and the still waters, please don't help me. I want to do it by myself so that You'll know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/god-of-the-green-pastures-and-the-still-waters-please-don-t-help-me-i/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [“David set his foot in a gap higher up the barbed wire...When would the searchlight come?They could not be certain of hitting him in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/david-set-his-foot-in-a-gap-higher-up-the-barbed-wire-when-would-the/) [anne holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/being-brave-meant-that-though-you-might-be-frightened-you-would-face/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) > [And his eyes frighten me, too. They're the eyes of an old man, an old man who's seen so much in life that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-holm/and-his-eyes-frighten-me-too-they-re-the-eyes-of-an-old-man-an-old/) [Anne Holm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-holm/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/david/anne-holm/#itemlist", "name": "5 David Quotes By Anne Holm", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but it left no tidemark: there was no more dirt to rub away. He took a deep breath and shivered. He was David. 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