"It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen."

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Source : "Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust". Book by Eve Bunting, www.theguardian.com. 1980.

Eve Bunting

#Looks Quotes #Way Quotes #Easier Quotes

“I must return to the mountains-to Yosemite. I am told that the winter storms there will not be easily borne, but I am bewitched, enchanted, and tomorrow I must start for the great temple to listen to the winter songs and sermons preached and sung only there.”
“It's as though some poor devil were to set out for a large dinner party with the knowledge that the following morning he would be hearing exactly what each of the other guests thought of him.”

Source : 1959 Of opening night reviews.The Ape In Me.
“Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.”
“Your background has a lot to do with your approach to movement.”
“Sensuality does not understand why everyone else is so disturbed by her. As a young girl, she was often scolded for going barefoot.”
“I worked out an anarchistic theory that all government is evil, that the punishment always does more harm than the crime and the people can be trusted to behave decently if you will only let them alone.”
“I think if you're at the point where you're popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don't need the money.”
“She studied my face for a long minute. "Are you going to help my mom?" It was a simple question. But how do you tell a child that things just aren't that simple, that some questions don't have simple answers--or any answer at all?”

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