Violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easier t ...
View quoteJohannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself f ...
View quoteNever let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own ...
View quoteFor a moment David was tempted to think that perhaps there were no good people at all outside concen ...
View quoteI wrote "David" because it seemed to me that children, who can love a book more passionately than an ...
View quoteBut Johannes had said, "Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little ...
View quoteThere's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to re ...
View quoteYou could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.
View quoteJoy passed, but happiness never completely disappeared; a touch of it would always remain to remind ...
View quoteThe sun glistened on a drop of water as it fell from his hand to his knee. David wiped it off, but i ...
View quoteBeing brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you kne ...
View quoteThe angrier you were, the less likely you were to think clearly.
View quoteAnd it was most important to do what one knew was right, for otherwise the day might come when one c ...
View quoteAnd his eyes frighten me, too. They're the eyes of an old man, an old man who's seen so much in life ...
View quoteSorrow has its life just like people. Sorrow is born and lives and dies. And when it's dead and gone ...
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