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1 " Then teach me. I want the girl I marry to like me, to be happy with me.' Lale's mother sat down, and he took a seat across from her. 'You must first learn to listen to her. Even if you are tired, never be too tired to listen to what she has to say. Learn what she likes, and more importantly what she doesn't like. When you can, give her little treats - flowers, chocolates - women like these things. "
― Heather Morris , The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
2 " How can a race spread out across multiple countries be considered a threat? "
3 " Good and evil coexist in the worst of times. It is then when hope shines through. "
― Heather Morrisová, , The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1)
4 " If you wake up in the morning, it is a good day. "
5 " To save one is to save the world, "
6 " remember the small things, and the big things will work themselves out. "
7 " We stand in shit but let us not drown in it. "
8 " I know he is not perfect, but I also know he will always put me first. "
9 " Politics will help you understand the world until you don’t understand it anymore, and then it will get you thrown into a prison camp. Politics and religion both. "
10 " Lale makes a vow to himself: I will live to leave this place. I will walk out a free man. If there is a hell, I will see these murderers burn in it. "
11 " How can someone do this to another human being? He wonders if for the rest of his life, be it short or long, he will be defined by this moment, this irregular number: 32407. "
12 " How can a race that is spread out across multiple countries be considered a threat? "
13 " you will honor them by staying alive, surviving this place and telling the world what happened here. "
14 " It’s only your own space if you make it yours. "
15 " To save one is to save the world. "
16 " Be attentive, Lale; remember the small things, and the big things will work themselves out. "
17 " His mother he can see perfectly. But how do you say goodbye to your mother? The person who gave you breath, who taught you how to live? "
18 " Lale’s emotional connection to his mother had shaped the way he related to girls and women. He was attracted to all women, not just physically but emotionally. He loved talking to them; he loved making them feel good about themselves. To him, all women were beautiful and he believed there was no harm in telling them so. His mother and sister subliminally taught Lale what it was a woman wanted from a man, and so far he had spent his life trying to live up to these lessons. “Be attentive, Lale; remember the small things, and the big things will work themselves out.” He heard his mother’s sweet voice. "
19 " The girls who work there dream of a place far away where there is plenty of everything and life can be what they want it to be. They have decided Canada is such a place. "
20 " Things are as they are. What I can see, feel, hear and smell right now. "