Summer of My German Soldier Quotes

“Even if you forget everything else I want you to always remember that you are a person of value, and you have a friend who loved you enough to give you his most valued possession.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“Like the Bible tells us, when a man will lay down his life for a friend, well, then there ain't no greater love in this here world than that.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“And marking off time struck me as something like counting empty spaces—spaces you know can't ever be filled.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“What do you know about sooner or later? Is a moment only a moment when you're in pain?”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“I wondered if a blessing is still a blessing if it lasts for only a little while.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose. If only that seal could think, he'd know he was making a thousand children laugh.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“I believe that love is better than hate. And that there is more nobility in building a chicken coop than in destroying a cathedral.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“Fun, like champagne bubbles, can't completely fill you up.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“The ways of the Lord are filled with wonder and mystery.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down. If I had to, I'd measure my progress in inches. One more inch I've swum—one less inch to swim. Once you know the secret, then nobody's river can bring you down.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“When people's emotions are involved they don't want to listen.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“Folks keep forgetting that wishing don't make nothing so, but prayer sometimes do.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“Sometimes when a person be thinking about one thing it don't mean they is mad about another thing.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“My father chose acquiescence and life rather than resistance and death. Not a very admirable choice, but a very human one.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“One thing you can say about him is that he's appreciative. He's just happy having someone to sit with.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“But you, Pearl, never liked anything once it was yours.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“My deception was believed because it was built on a foundation of truth … Hitler's first layer is an undeniable truth, such as: The German workers are poor. The second layer is divided equally between flattery and truth: The German worker deserves to be prosperous. The third layer is fabrication: The Jews and the Communists and Jews have stolen what is rightfully yours.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“A person's got to think, otherwise that person's no better than a trained seal balancing a ball on his nose.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“I think maybe good changes will come when our leaders are better and there aren't any more evil dictators.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier

“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”
― Bette Greene, Summer of My German Soldier