Folded Corners Quotes

“But when we meet the refugees, Jews especially, so many have lost their faith. They agonise over how God could do this to them. They’re good people, they did nothing to deserve it. But I think maybe God isn’t doing this, Hitler is. We have free will, and he’s using his for evil and chaos, but look at all the good people all over the world who are risking everything to stop him.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“Flames”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“successful relationships are based not on some stupid childish idea of love but on two imperfect people trying their best to be kind and support each other in good times and in bad.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“First it was shock, feeling like you might faint, or be sick, like the bottom was falling out of your world. Then nothing. Numb to everything. That passed too, she knew. The numbness faded, and when it did, the pain became unbearable, the raw, aching reality of it. And facing it – and you had to face it – was all that was in front of you. You couldn’t go back; you had to go forward with this new reality. Memories were no comfort in this phase, nothing was. That peace, the ability to smile at a recollection, was a long way off yet.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“for most of us, the way to fight evil is with love.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“True, there are bad things happening in the world, and a lot of pain is being caused as a result, but for every one person intent on hurting another, there are five, ten maybe, who are fighting back.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“Pull together as a community. Now, as never before, we need to feel the support of those around us. Nobody has much, but what we have, we share, and nobody has to carry any burden alone.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“In her small way, she wanted to open the children’s eyes to the shared humanity of the world.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“Something Richard had said in a letter ages ago, about how much more peaceful the world would be if people realised how similar they all were instead of endlessly focussing on difference, had given her the idea.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners

“Grace marvelled, not for the first time, how schools were just little microcosms of the world. Friendships worked in a nice child’s favour, where bullies who might seem on the face of it strong, ultimately were weak because their alliances were based in fear and intimidation, not mutual respect and cordiality, so they ended up standing alone.”
― Jean Grainger, Folded Corners