“He said I could make him happy. Then I understood the cause of my sadness. I didn't want to make anybody happy. I wanted someone to make me happy. I knew that there was laughter and I wanted someone who… — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“My experience has taught me that all of us have a reservoir of untapped strength that comes to the fore at moments of crisis.” — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
I pray you never stand at any crossroads in your own lives, but if you do, if the darkness seems so total, if you… — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“There were no golden trumpets to proclaim our freedom. There were no liberators in sight.” — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“Not fair to light a spark of hope, to see a grim mouth smile?” — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“I quickly get interested in people but just as quickly avoid them when they expect to be my only friends. I ams ure i… — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“Ilse, a childhood friend of mine, once found a raspberry in the concentration camp and carried it in her pocket all day to present… — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“Then she sighed, released his hand and , looking at him, shook her head and whispered, "Too late.” — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
I had created a happy world of make-believe around me during the long years of loneliness, a world of beauty and love. It had… — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“My thoughts and emotions center on him: there has never been a "you and me," but always "we" and "us".” — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
“My mind was so dull, my nerves so worn from waiting, that only an emotionless vacuum remained.” — Gerda Weissmann Klein Copy Share Image
