31 Quotes by Antonio Iturbe

Adults wear themselves out pointlessly searching for a joy they never find. But in children, it bursts out of every pore.

But those who believe that flowers grow in vases don't understand anything about literature. The library has now become her first-aid kit, and she's going to give the children a little of the medicine that helped her recover her smile when she thought she'd lost it forever.

Brave people are not the ones who aren't afraid. Those are reckless people who ignore the risk; they put themselves and others in danger. That's not the sort of person I want on my team. I need the ones who know the risk-- whose legs shake, but carry on.

In de oorlog wordt de waarheid als eerste opgeofferd.

Brave people are not the ones who aren’t afraid. Those are reckless people who ignore the risk; they put themselves and others in danger. That’s not the sort of person I want on my team. I need the ones who know the risk – whose legs shake, but carry on.

Life, any life, is very short. But if you’ve managed to be happy for at least an instant, it will have been worth living.

In a place like Auschwitz, where everything is designed to make you cry, a smile is an act of defiance.

Within their pages, books contain the wisdom of the people who wrote them. Books never lose their memory.

But those who believe that flowers grow in vases don’t understand anything about literature. The library has now become her first-aid kit, and she’s going to give the children a little of the medicine that helped her recover her smile when she thought she’d lost it forever.