Jan Quotes

“With a great effort of will he shed Ludwig from his mind and turned to his friends.”

“If I’d lost the sword, we should never have found you again.”

“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.”

“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.”