For a moment David was tempted to think that perhaps there were no good people at all outside concentration camps, but then he reminded himself of the sailor and Angelo and the English people who might have been ignorant but were certainly not bad.
Anne Holm
Before he had come to the town he had known about nothing but death: here he had learnt to live, to decide things for himself; he had learnt what it felt like to wash in clean water in the sunshine until he was clean himself, and what it felt like to satisfy his hunger with food that tasted good; he had learnt the sound of laughter that was free from cruelty; he had learnt the meaning of beauty
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Yes, he had made a good choice after all when he had chosen the God of the green pasture and the still waters! He was very powerful, and the fact that He expected you to think for yourself and do something in return for His help did not matter, as long as you could work things out.
life wisdom smart wise god
Joy passed, but happiness never completely disappeared; a touch of it would always remain to remind one it had been there. It was happiness that made one smile, then.
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And his eyes frighten me, too. They're the eyes of an old man, an old man who's seen so much in life that he no longer cares to go on living. They're not even desperate.. Just quiet and expectant, and very, very lonely, as if he were quite alone of his own free choice.
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There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it.
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Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easer to use your hands to strike a blow than to use your brain to find a logical and just solution to the problem.
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life wisdom smart wise
Violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easier to use your hands to strike a blow then to use your brain to find a logical and just solution to a problem.
life wisdom people problem violence cruelty
Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.
bravery
You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.
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God of the green pastures and the still waters, please don't help me. I want to do it by myself so that You'll know I've found something I can do for You.. I am David. Amen.
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Never let me hear you say it's someone else's fault. It often is, but you must never shirk your own responsibility.. You can't change others, but you can do something about a fault in yourself.
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Americans were most likely good people.. The only thing wrong with them, David thought, was that they spoke English very badly.
americans
David set his foot in a gap higher up the barbed wire.. When would the searchlight come?They could not be certain of hitting him in the dark.. And if they did not hurry, he would be over.. Why didn't they hurry up. Then he stopped. He would run no more. When the beam of light caught him, they should see him walking away quite calmly. Then they would not enjoy it so much; they would feel cheated. The thought filled David with triumph. I am David
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