25 Quotes by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This is a war against lies. If we want to win, we can’t attack in straight lines.

You cannot repay evil with evil.

God loves us all. He does not love us more than he loves our enemies.

This I know for sure: Life is... uncertain. As a society and as individuals, we must protect healthy people from disease. We must also treat those suffering from disease in an intelligent, humane, and compassionate way. We need to be rational and keep our fears in check.

Some of the younger boys looked forward to the chance to sell papers in a good spot, but most were simply afraid to refuse the bigger boys. “I made a deal with a guy,” said Philip Marcus. “I said I’d buy him out. But when I looked at all the papers he had left, there was more than I thought I could sell. But there wasn’t two ways about it. I had to buy them and I did. I started to bawl. And while I was standing there bawling, I sold all them sheets.

Geist und Tat. Spirit and Action.

After the paper rush subsided, the older boys sometimes struck deals with the younger newsies to buy their leftover papers. ‘One of the big guys would say to one of the little guys, ‘Hey, punk, want to buy me out tonight?’ said Philip Marcus. ‘An’ the little guy said yes. It was his ass if he didn’t.