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Summer of My German Soldier

Bette Greene

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.”

“Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.”

“It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.”

“And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.”

“What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you're in pain?”

“Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.”

“A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he'd know he was making a thousand children laugh.”

“I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.”

“I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.”

“The ways of the Lord are filled with wonder and mystery.”

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Book Keywords:

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