"The Upstairs Room" Quotes
A young Jewish girl in hiding during World War II struggles to survive in "The Upstairs Room" by Johanna Reiss.
historical fiction | 208 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
There are people who can never be satisfied, who must always destroy to feel fulfilled.
Sometimes we have to go on when we don't feel like it, and sometimes we're doing good things we never expected to do.
Nobody knows what they'll do in a war. They'll do anything to stay alive.
People always find ways to make life bearable.
It's not easy to be brave. It's much easier to be a coward.
When you're in a war, you do things you would never do in peacetime.
The worst part of being in hiding is the constant fear.
In times of trouble, you find out who your friends are.
It's hard to be brave when you're alone.
Even in the worst of situations, people find ways to laugh.
