Gerda Weissmann Klein Quotes
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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.
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My experience has taught me that all of us have a reservoir of untapped strength that comes to the fore at moments of crisis.
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Survival is both an exalted privilege and a painful burden.
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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.
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My thoughts and emotions center on him: there has never been a "you and me," but always "we" and "us".
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Pain should not be wasted.
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That makes it more difficult to speak of the past, because the memories are apt to turn into the living present.
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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.
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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.
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Imagine a world, in which your entire possession is one raspberry, and you give it to your friend.