In the Warsaw Ghetto
Glenn Haybittle
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The key to understanding every story is to find yourself in it.”
“Kindness is probably the most underrated human quality. We tend to dismiss it when we come across it and seek out more exciting character traits. But kindness is often a refined form of courage. It brings light and warmth into the world. You should always value kindness when you find it.”
“Hiding compels a heightened intimacy with oneself.”
“He suspects you don't truly know anyone until you've seen how they cope with fear.”
“He loves the painting. Whenever he stands before it he feels the world is sharing a secret with him.”
“In life, the narrative must go on. We're prisoners of our storylines. No one quite knows how or why they develop. And we have to cope with them as best we can, even when they push us over a new frontier.”
“Memories of shame have greater reserves of power to haunt than even memories of love.”
“This part of Warsaw has always been an extension of home for her, part of her shape, a responsive intimate part of her identity. So much she was attached to, so much that lent her footholding weight is now obliterated. It’s as if one of the mirrors by which she recognises herself has ceased to reflect her. The teetering balancing act of unsupported walls makes her feel unsteady on her own legs. Buildings taken for granted are no longer standing. There are voids where previously history stood. Feathers like snowflakes rise up into the smoke infested air as if she is inside a macabre snow globe.”
“There are no parks in the ghetto; barely any trees. She misses the smell of the refreshed earth, the flickering green light beneath overhanging foliage, the flight of birds over water. She misses the distinctive individual timbre of each of Warsaw’s church bells. She misses walking home at night through the fragrance of tree pollen and the laughter of lovers. Only books now enable her to experience many of the blessings of the natural world she loves but has never until now fully appreciated. She lives wholeheartedly inside every novel she reads.”
“To hold an object that belonged to someone you have loved and lost alters for a moment the weight of your hand and then the weight of your entire body.”
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Book Keywords:
books, hiding, art, shame, kindness, narrative, fear, lost-love, identity
