ENGLISH - TBITSP Quotes Flashcards
(22 cards)
“There are thousands of us”
pg 138 - middle
“The veins weren’t visible through the skin, the fingers weren’t little more than dying twigs.”
pg 167 - middle
“No, he’s not a doctor. He’s a waiter.”
pg 136 - middle
“The soldiers don’t normally like people getting better”
pg 139 - middle
“When was this last washed?”
pg . 203- talking to shmuel, nearing the end
“The boy stared at the food in his hand.. and then looked up at Bruno with wide and grateful but terrified eyes.”
pg 170 - middle, with shmuel
“… he was not allowed anywhere near the fence or the camp… With No Exceptions.”
pg 103 - beginning
“…and became very disliked by the other soldiers, whom he ordered around mercilessly.”
pg 212 - ending
“There wasn’t any grass after the fence; in fact, there was no greenery anywhere to be seen in the distance.”
pg 32 - beginnning
“Those children look like they’ve never had a bath in their lives”
pg 37 - beginning (Gretel)
“those people.. well, they’re not people at all Bruno.”
ch. 5 - beginning (Commandant)
“His skin was almost the colour grey, but not quite like any grey Bruno had ever seen before”
pg 106 - middle
“Well, because Germany is the greatest of all countries… we’re superior.”
pg 112 - middle
“Yes, but why would you want to?”
pg 122 - middle, Fuhrer
“Why.. it makes me sick. And to see you in that uniform makes me want to tear the eyes from my head.”
ch 7 - beginning, Grandma
“It’s horrible, just horrible, I can’t stand it anymore”
pg 187 ch 17 - nearing the end
“Work? You call this work?” Mother to father
pg 187 ch 17 - nearing the end
“You’re nine,” countered Gretel. “How would you know? When you get to my age you’ll understand these things a lot better.”
pg 34 - beginning (Gretel)
“It must be some sort of rehearsal,” suggest Gretel, ignoring the fact that some of the children.. looked as if they were crying.”
pg 37 - beginning, Gretel
“We’re like twins”
nearing the middle
″‘It’s so unfair,’ said Bruno. ‘…there’s no one… to play with and you get to have dozens of friends… I’ll have to speak to Father about it.‘”
nearing the middle
“Bruno was sure that he had never seen a skinnier or sadder boy in his life.”
nearing the middle
