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21 " It doesn’t matter how many schools the Nazis close, he would say to them. Each time someone stops to tell a story and children listen, a school has been established. "
― Antonio Iturbe , The Librarian of Auschwitz
22 " Os corajosos não são os que não têm medo. Esses são os temerários, os que ignoram o risco e se colocam em perigo sem consciência das consequências. Uma pessoa que não tenha consciência do perigo pode pôr em risco todos os que estejam a seu lado. Esse é o género de gente que não quero na minha equipa. Do que preciso é dos que tremem, mas não cedem, dos que arriscam e mesmo assim seguem em frente. "
23 " A person waiting for you somewhere is like a match you strike at night in the couuntryside. It may not be able to light up everything, but it does show you the way back home. "
24 " Adults wear themselves out pointlessly searching for a joy they never find. But in children, it bursts out of every pore. "
25 " You are what you dream, "
26 " The most beautiful flowers emerge from the foulest dung heap. So maybe, thinks Dita, God isn’t a watchmaker but a gardener. "
27 " She smiles again at the thought of all those pages. Since then, she has discovered that her life can be made much more profound, because books multiply your experiences and enable you to meet people... "
28 " The strongest athlete isn’t the one who finishes first. That athlete is the fastest. The strongest athlete is the one who gets up again every time he falls, the one who doesn’t stop when he feels a pain in his side, the one who doesn’t abandon the race, no matter how far away the finish line is. That runner is a winner whenever he reaches the finish line, even if he comes in last. "
29 " The real disease is intolerance "
30 " Começar a ler um livro é como entrar para um comboio que nos leva de férias. "
31 " Adults are corrupted. That's why young people are so important. You can still shape them, improve them. "
32 " Los libros guardan dentro de sus páginas la sabiduría de quien los escribió. Los libros nunca pierden la memoria. "
33 " Empezar un libro es como subirse a un tren que te lleva de vacaciones. "
34 " There are those who might think that this was an act of useless bravery in an extermination camp when there were other, more pressing concerns-- books don't cure illnesses; they can't be used as weapons to defeat an army of executioners; they don't fill your stomach or quench your thirst. It's true: culture isn't necessary for the survival of mankind; for that, you only need bread and water. It's also true that with bread to eat and water to drink, humans survive; but with only this, humanity dies. If human beings aren't deeply moved by beauty, if they don't close their eyes and activate their imaginations, if they aren't capable of asking themselves questions and discerning the limits of their ignorance, then they are men or women, but they are not complete persons. "
35 " Meter todos los millones de kilómetros cuadrados de mares, de bosques, todas las cordilleras de la Tierra, todos los ríos, las ciudades y todos los países en un espacio tan minúsculo era un milagro sólo al alcance de un libro. "
36 " History will teach Mengele a lesson. That the greatest weakness of all is precisely that of the strong: They end up believing they are invincible. So the strength of the Third Reich is also its fragility. Believing it is indestructible, it will open so many battlefronts that it will end up collapsing. "
37 " Life, any life, is very short. But if you’ve managed to be happy for at least an instant, it will have been worth living. "
38 " War is like an overflowing river: It’s hard to control and, if you put up a small barrier, it only gets swept along in its path. "
39 " Los mayores se desgastan inútilmente buscando una felicidad que nunca encuentran; en cambio, a los niños, la felicidad les brota de la palma de las manos. "
40 " Los valientes se alimentan de su propio miedo. "