- "Go home, all of you. Go study your schoolbooks. And don't run. You look like hoodlums when you run."
- "I must get this to Henrik. But I might not see him. I am going to take the others only to the harbor and they will go to the boat alone. I want you to deliver this. Without fail. It is of great importance."
- "This morning, at the synagogue, the rabbi told his congregation that the Nazis have taken the synagogue lists of all the Jews. Where they live, what their names are. Of course the Rosens were on that list, along with many others."
- "Do you remember that Peter's arm was bandaged, and in a sling, at Lise's funeral? He wore a coat over it so that no one would notice. And a hat, to hide his red hair."
- "Not go to school? My parents have always told me that education is the most important thing. Whatever happens, I must get an education."
- "I'm going to be a nurse when I grow up. Not a cow milker. So I have to stay here and take care of Mama."
- "We have observed that an unusual number of people have gathered at this house tonight. What is the explanation?"
- "It is their way of tormenting. For some reason, they want to torment Jewish people. It has happened in other countries. They have taken their time here -- have let us relax a little. But now it seems to be starting."
- The ____ had many hidden compartments on it, which easily could hide people.
- "I am quite sure you would be very, very brave. But, it is much easier to be brave if you do not know everything. We know only what we need to know."
- "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."
- "It is important to be one of the crowd, always. Be one of many. Be sure they never have a reason to remember your face."
- ____ had dark curly hair when she was a baby, but changed to blonde later in life.
- "I have never been this close to the sea. I mean the real sea, the way it is here. Open like this -- a whole world of water."
- ____ and Lise were both members of the Resistance.
- Early bedtime tonight, little one. We need extra time for the long story I promised, about the king and queen."
- "You have a blond child sleeping in the other room. And you have this blond daughter -- where did you get the dark-haired one?"
- ____ is the man who supposedly had thousands of body guards.
- "Surly typhus germs wouldn't linger in a dead person! And dear Aunt Birte; I have been longing to see her face, to kiss her goodbye. Of course we will open the casket!"
- "A few drops will be enough, then. It has no taste. She won't even notice. (In a firm voice) We can't take a chance."