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> [“When she asked what my father taught me, I told her I couldn't put it into words. But then I lay awake watching the snow fall outside and came up with this: how brave a thing it was for him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/when-she-asked-what-my-father-taught-me-i-told-her-i-couldn-t-put-it/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

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## More by Peter Geye

> [“I thought how wise he was to lure his rival out into the woods, where every fight's fair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/i-thought-how-wise-he-was-to-lure-his-rival-out-into-the-woods-where/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

> [“And though I had misgiving--obvious ones, too--one overwhelming thing drove me on: on the borderlands, my father would need me as much as I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/and-though-i-had-misgiving-obvious-ones-too-one-overwhelming-thing/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

> [ “History and memory aren't the same thing\[...\] History doesn't abide acts of the imagination but memories depend on it. And memories are as much… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/history-and-memory-aren-t-the-same-thing-history-doesn-t-abide-acts/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

> [“When she asked what my father taught me, I told her I couldn't put it into words. But then I lay awake watching the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/when-she-asked-what-my-father-taught-me-i-told-her-i-couldn-t-put-it/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

> [ “There are so many similarities between \[my father\] and me, I can see that. But what I think really scares me are the countless… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/there-are-so-many-similarities-between-my-father-and-me-i-can-see/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

> [“Every person, I have come to believe, has a moment or a place in life when all four points of the compass converge, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/every-person-i-have-come-to-believe-has-a-moment-or-a-place-in-life/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

> [“And now it's been half a winter since Harry vanished, and I can finally rest my thoughts. I ought to feel relief. Of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-geye/and-now-it-s-been-half-a-winter-since-harry-vanished-and-i-can/)

[Peter Geye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-geye/)

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