Book Thief Plot Quotes & Sayings

Many young girls are ... becoming trained nurses,
whose gentle ministrations in the sick-room, skilled touch,
patient watchfulness and unwearied vigils,
are as great factors in the care of the sick,
as are the professional physicians. — Lydia Hoyt Farmer

To achieve the possible, we must attempt the impossible again and again. — Hermann Hesse

Shake the tree. See what falls down. — Asa Larsson

Ideas come easily to me, enacting them comes harder. I usually let things go. Perhaps it's an escape hatch, my way of allowing myself to double back and ease out the side door on a lot of my schemes. Irresolute about my social life, obsessive in my work. — Kathy Reichs

If you think you already know what you're looking at, you might not see what's really there. — Nancy Werlin

There's no winning arguments with your parents — Wendelin Van Draanen

A whistle in the dark is still a whistle. — Gideon Levy

All kinds of indications will come from above and whatever you do must be referred to the Above. — Sri Aurobindo

Rudeness is a means to attract attention, assert power, cover-up ineptitude, deflect personal insecurities, and intimidate meeker people. — Kilroy J. Oldster

As women, we know that we must always find ways to change the process because the present institutions want to hold on to power and keep the status quo. — Bella Abzug

We use people and love things, when we should love people and use things — Ben Chavis

There are many who think that they are marvelous if they can simply resemble a great man in some one thing; and often they seize only on the defect he has. — Baldassare Castiglione