1997
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor, and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
116 min
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Do not waste time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbor; act as if you did. As soon as we do this we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.
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It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for a bird to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.
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This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
'Knock and it shall be opened.’ But does knocking mean hammering and kicking the door like a maniac?
You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.
Love may forgive all infirmities and love still in spite of them: but Love cannot cease to will their removal.
Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man. . . . It is the comparison that makes you proud: the pleasure of being above the rest. Once the element of competition is gone, pride is gone.
Everyone thinks forgiveness is a lovely idea until he has something to forgive.
Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.