231 Quotes About World-war-ii

The practice of lying is concerned with attempting to overlay a thin paper substitute atop the world that exists in order that it seem to suit your purposes. But the Swallow Man didn't need the world to suit him. He could make himself suit whatever world it pleased him to agree existed.

I could never do anything that would add to your pain.”With that, he leaned over and placed a kiss on her forehead, soft and sad as moonlight. Helen’s eyelids fluttered down as she relished it, wishing it could last, praying the next moment wouldn’t come. But of course, it did.Pulling back, Stuart looked in Helen’s eyes, perhaps for the last time. “I’ll write.

I wanted something that would address the strengths and weaknesses of humanity. I wanted a story that could move readers. My Honor Flight is that story.

The whole world can become the enemy when you lose what you love.

DAVID SHIELDS: Salinger told Whit Burnett... that on D-Day he was carrying six chapters of 'The Catcher in the Rye', that he needed those pages with him not only as an amulet to help him survive but as a reason to survive.

‎I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me maybe I had the talent to recognize it in others even in the most irritating others.

Ruth wiped her eyes. Successful at a price? Forgiven but damaged? She wished so much more for her baby sister.

Michaela, my darling, I think about you day and night - especially at night, when there's no light except for the light of the moon and no sound except for the sounds of the marsh - when I am along with my thoughts.

Michaela looked intently into Pop's eyes and spoke reverently, "I understand that heroes are those who sacrifice and risk everything for others and ask for nothing in return. You might not think so, but you are a hero. A genuine hero no less than the Pattons, McArthurs, and Nimitzes. Especially to me, you are my hero." She hugged his arm and laid her head on his shoulder.