Gerda Weissmann Klein Quotes

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 helped me to survive, this lovely world that was to be mine when the war was over.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• World
• Loneliness
• Survive

They faced what the morning would bring with the only weapon they had–their love for each other. Love is great, love is the foundation of nobility, it conquers obstacles and is a deep well of truth and strength.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Love
• Strength
• Foundation

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

• Strength
• Crisis
• Reservoir

Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Survival
• Burden
• Privilege

I quickly get interested in people but just as quickly avoid them when they expect to be my only friends. I ams ure i hurt many people in that way.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Friends
• Expect
• Avoid

I pray you never stand at any crossroads in your own lives, but if you do, if the darkness seems so total, if you think there is no way out, remember, never ever give up. The darker the night, the brighter the dawn, and when it gets really, really dark, this is when one sees the true brilliance of the stars.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Night
• Darkness
• Give Up

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

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Past
• Present
• Speak

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

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Thoughts
• Emotions
• Center

Pain should not be wasted.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Pain
• Wasted

Imagine a world, in which your entire possession is one raspberry, and you give it to your friend.

Gerda Weissmann Klein

• Friend
• Give
• Possession