"And his eyes frighten me, too. They're the……" — 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 no longer cares to go on living. They're not even desperate... just quiet and expectant, and very, very lonely, as if he were quite alone of his own free choice."
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11 Quotes by Anne Holm
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And it was most important to do what one knew was right, for otherwise the day might come when one…
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The angrier you were, the less likely you were to think clearly.
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Joy passed, but happiness never completely disappeared; a touch of it would always remain to remind one it had been…
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Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was…
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You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.
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Sorrow has its life just like people. Sorrow is born and lives and dies. And when it's dead and gone,…
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The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it…
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Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it…
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There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take…
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Never let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own…
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