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Ian Serraillier Quotes

Seven of the best book quotes from Ian Serraillier
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“With a great effort of will he shed Ludwig from his mind and turned to his friends.”
Ian Serraillier
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The Silver Sword
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Jan
Ludwig
characters
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the mind
effort
pets
friends
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″‘He was sent to Warsaw to kill us,’ said Ruth. ‘I don’t suppose he wanted to very much. If he were here now, he would treat us as friends, as you do, Frau Wolff. It all seems so stupid and senseless.‘”
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“If I’d lost the sword, we should never have found you again.”
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“Now, in a moment, all control vanished. The sight of spilt food was too much for the orderly queue. They burst their ranks and sprang upon it, a rabble of wildly hungry children.”
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“A week’s detention would not prevent Jan from stealing again. Could Ruth prevent him? She was a remarkable girl and, if anybody could help him, it was she. But after five years of war and twisted living, such cases were too often beyond remedy.”
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“Another story, somebody! One to make us forget.”
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“As he reflected on the punishment he had given the boy, he realized that for all his noble intentions he had only been scratching on the surface of a problem he could not begin to solve.”

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