Lois Lowry, Number the Stars

"That's all that brave means - not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do."

Lois Lowry, Number the Stars

"It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less danger, perhaps, but more fear."

Lois Lowry, Number the Stars

"Ellen had said that her mother was afraid of the ocean, that it was too cold and too big. The sky was, too, thought Annemarie. The whole world was: too cold, too big. And too cruel."

Lois Lowry, Number the Stars

"Dangers were no more than odd imaginings, like ghost stories that children made up to frighten one another: things that couldn't possibly happen."

Lois Lowry, Number the Stars

"The whole world had changed. Only the fairy tales remained the same."

Lois Lowry, Number the Stars