Quotes from Pam Jenoff

But the truth was when it came to grief, each person was an island, alone. She'd learned that the hard way. She

No podemos cambiar quienes somos. Tarde o temprano tendremos que enfrentarnos a nosotros mismos.

hesitated, knowing that he was talking about

You are wise to fear. Only the fool doesn't. But don't hide from your fear. Wear it like a cloak of armor.

the names come back to me like a song: Lorch, D'Augny, Neuhoff—

If you can't let go of that fear of making the wrong decision, you will never be able to take the chances you must take to live life fully.

One day you may feel differently," she replies. "Sometimes our forever life does not last as long as we think.

When you are young, you expect the family you were born into to be yours forever.

woods in the predawn darkness, the silence only broken by the sloshing of his flask.

The price of fighting for freedom meant acknowledging they might be killed at any moment

No one bestowed courage or freedom or self-determination - one simply decided to take it.

date on such short notice.

His sadness resonated with me and we were drawn to one another.

The real work, she saw now, had not been in the missions she had carried out herself but in training others to carry the torch when she no longer could.

made the fact that we were Jews undeniable.

You must see yourself as you want others to see you,