"Number the Stars" Quotes
During World War II, a young Danish girl helps her Jewish friend escape from the Nazis.
historical fiction | 137 pages | Published in 1989
Quotes
Ellen, you must be Lise now. You must remember to answer to that name. Can you do that?
She was a little taller than Annemarie, and a little heavier, and her hair was a darker shade of brown.
She was a grown-up, but she still looked like the fairy-tale princess she had once believed that she would grow up to be. She had never known that fairy tales in America did not involve royalty.
But the hand of the king was still raised, and the hand of the king was still pointing.
Then I will be a fairy-tale princess like you, Mama. I'll wear a beautiful gown, and you'll wear one, too. And we'll be the two most beautiful ladies there!
When the night is dark and the wolves are quiet, and only the moon slivers through the branches, always remember to turn east.
I was afraid. But I will learn to be brave too, like you.
It is easier to be brave if you do not know everything.
If your hand is in mine, Paradise is where we are.
It was easier for the Germans. They were here. They could see. They could touch. But they could not see the people who were truly brave. We are the brave ones.
