"So many times after a catastrophe like 9/11, Estonia in Sweden, the Holocaust or whatever, we are so fond of lifting up the hero examples, but actually 99 percent of survivors have done something that they feel very guilty about."

-- Ruben Ostlund

#Hero Quotes #Holocaust Quotes #Example Quotes

“I have been through two wars in my 24 years, and I know what it's like to be without anything, to see the bombs flying above your head.”
“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.”
“So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts inevitably fade or those who lose their love when it is still pristine? I think each is lonely in a different place, though if you lose your love while it is still perfect you at least have a clear explanation for your grief, while if it gradually crumbles in your hands you do not.”

Source : Jonathan Hull (2001). “Losing Julia”, Island Books
“Some of my characters are a mixture of various aspects of people I have met. others are pure invention.”
“So people have to decide. Do they want to have the security? Do they want to continue to plug the gap [in border security] that GAO has identified and recognize that there will be some costs to doing that? Or do we want to make sure that business isn't hampered and that people can move back and forth readily, and recognize that, if we don't put some barriers in place, we're going to wind up with dangerous people coming into the country?”
“Look!" said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, "Someone who cares!”
“I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.”
“A few question marks are being asked in the Honduran defence”

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