The angrier you were, the less likely you were to think clearly. — Anne Holm Thinking Copy Share Image
“But Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and… — Anne Holm Copy Share Image
Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easer… — Anne Holm Blow Copy Share Image
“For a moment David was tempted to think that perhaps there were no good people at all outside concentration camps, but then… — Anne Holm Concentration camp Copy Share Image
You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery. — Anne Holm Accepting Copy Share Image
The sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but… — Anne Holm Camps Copy Share Image
“Angelo was a grown man, and here was one thing he was quite free to decide for himself, and yet he was… — Anne Holm Decision Copy Share Image
“Before he had come to the town he had known about nothing but death: here he had learnt to live, to decide… — Anne Holm Beauty Copy Share Image
“He'd forgotten the most important condition that made it possible for him to go on living: that he should never again grow… — Anne Holm Life Copy Share Image
“Johannes said greedy people can never be happy, and I would so much like to know what it feels like to be… — Anne Holm Greedy people Copy Share Image
“Yes, he had made a good choice after all when he had chosen the God of the green pasture and the still… — Anne Holm Copy Share Image
“God of the green pastures and the still waters, please don't help me. I want to do it by myself so that… — Anne Holm God Copy Share Image
“David set his foot in a gap higher up the barbed wire...When would the searchlight come?They could not be certain of hitting… — anne holm Barbed wire Copy Share Image
Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right… — Anne Holm Brave Copy Share Image
And his eyes frighten me, too. They're the eyes of an old man, an old man who's seen so much in life… — Anne Holm Care Copy Share Image
“Violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easier to use your hands to… — Anne Holm Cruelty Copy Share Image
Never let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own responsibility ...… — Anne Holm Can't change Copy Share Image
“All suffering has an end, David, if only you wait long enough. Sorrow has its life like people. Sorrow is born and… — Anne Holm Dead and gone Copy Share Image
“David thought living in a house was very difficult. It was not the house itself--that was lovely to be in--but the people.… — Anne Holm Copy Share Image
There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences… — Anne Holm Consequence Copy Share Image
“I wrote "David" because it seemed to me that children, who can love a book more passionately than any grown person, got… — Anne Holm Book Copy Share Image
Joy passed, but happiness never completely disappeared; a touch of it would always remain to remind one it had been there. It… — Anne Holm Happiness Copy Share Image
And it was most important to do what one knew was right, for otherwise the day might come when one could no… — Anne Holm Differences Copy Share Image
Sorrow has its life just like people. Sorrow is born and lives and dies. And when it's dead and gone, someone's left… — Anne Holm Behinds Copy Share Image
“Americans were most likely good people...the only thing wrong with them, David thought, was that they spoke English very badly.” — Anne Holm Americans Copy Share Image
