And love Quote by Gerda Weissmann Klein

Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden.

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

“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

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

“There were no golden trumpets to proclaim our freedom. There were no liberators in sight.”

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

“Not fair to light a spark of hope, to see a grim mouth smile?”

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

Pain should not be wasted.

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

“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

“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

“Then she sighed, released his hand and , looking at him, shook her head and whispered, "Too late.”

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

“My thoughts and emotions center on him: there has never been a "you and me," but always "we" and "us".”

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

“My mind was so dull, my nerves so worn from waiting, that only an emotionless vacuum remained.”

— Gerda Weissmann Klein

“That makes it more difficult to speak of the past, because the memories are apt to turn into the living present.”

— Gerda Weissmann Klein