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We Were the Lucky Ones
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"We Were the Lucky Ones" Quotes

Separated by World War II, a Jewish family struggles to survive and reunite against all odds.

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Fear is a beast that feeds on attention. Starve it, and it will die.

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fearcourage

It was as though every time they were on the brink of happiness, fate snatched it away.

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fatehappiness

There are things we can't control, and there are things we can. The trick is figuring out which is which.

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controllife

Sometimes our choices are made for us, or the choices we make lead us to places we never intended to go.

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choicesdestiny

In that moment, love was the only thing that mattered.

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loveimportance

It’s strange, isn’t it? How many ways there are to say goodbye.

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goodbyefarewell

Hope could be a dangerous thing, but it was also the only thing that kept them going.

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hopeperseverance

Sometimes survival meant making choices that went against our instincts.

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survivalinstincts

The human spirit is capable of withstanding so much more than we think.

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resiliencestrength

There’s a difference between living and surviving. We were survivors, but we had to remember how to live.

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survivallife