Morris Gleitzman Quotes

Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least once

A little hope goes a long way.

Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.

Barney said that everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once. I have. More than once.

Everybody deserves something good in there life atleast once

We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united

He didn't know the first thing about greed. He thought it was all about money.

See? Memories aren't happy, they're sad. Don't you know anything?

Your mummy and daddy love you very much,’ she’d say. ‘But people can’t fry potatoes after they’re dead.

He can do it any time he wants,' says Zelda, hugging me from the other side. 'Any time he sees a Nazi, he can just do a poo.

It's our potential for good stuff I'm most interested in exploring, but that has most meaning when juxtaposed with things that can go wrong.

My friend Zelda once said that tears are how we give love a wash, so it doesn’t go mouldy.

Dreams are like stories. We have them for the same reason we have stories.

A person doesn’t have to be here to love you.

Potato slices, crispy and fragrant. And toast glistening with what looks like actual creamy butter. And three fried eggs. That’s more eggs than I’ve had on the same plate ever in my life.

Why do people start wars when they know so many sad things are going to happen?

those fried potatoes I can smell are for me. I think they are.

My friend Zelda once said that tears are how we give love a wash, so it doesn't go mouldy.

Sometimes,’ he says [Barney], his voice shaking as well,’ parents can’t protect their kids even though they love them more than anything in the world.

Suddenly I want him to stick one of the syringes into me so I can go into a deep sleep and never wake up and never feel this bad ever again.

Adults aren’t allowed to cry when they fall off a bike or hit their thumb with a hammer, but they can howl like five year olds when they’ve got a duty free bag in their hands.

Termine como termine mi historia, nunca olvidaré lo afortunado que soy.

De repente quiero que me clave una de las jeringuillas, para poder caer en un sueño profundo y no despertarme nunca, para no volver a sentir este dolor nunca más.

Todo el mundo merece que le ocurra algo bueno en su vida, al menos una vez.

There’s a rumour Hitler has killed himself.

An apology is a gift that's worth more than it costs.

everybody deserves to have something good in their life at least once.

I’ve never seen real dead people. Real dead people are different from dead people in stories. When you see real dead people you want to cry.

Your mummy and daddy love you very much,’ she’d say. ‘But people can’t fry potatoes after they’re dead. Don’t you know anything?

A veces, los padres no pueden proteger a sus hijos incluso aunque les quieran más que a nada en el mundo. A veces incluso cuando lo intentan con todas sus fuerzas, no pueden salvarlos. Puedo

In future, every time I was tempted to sit back and ask God to solve my problems, I'd be able to roll up my sleeve and be reminded of what I'd learned at the zoo. That God gave us heaven and earth and loving hearts, and the rest is up to us.

Dear Reader Once and its sequel Then are two parts of the same story, but they were written and published as two separate books. In this edition they are together for the first time. Felix and Zelda’s story came from my imagination, but it was inspired by a period of history that was all too real. My grandfather was a Jew from Krakow in Poland. He left there long before that time, but his extended family didn’t and most of them perished. Fifteen years ago I read a book about Janusz Korczak, a Polish Jewish doctor and children’s author who devoted his life to caring for young people. Over many years he helped run an orphanage for two hundred Jewish children. In 1942, when the Nazis murdered these orphans, Janusz Korczak was offered his freedom but chose to die

Soon, I hope, this is what will happen. People will start to get better. The city will start to heal. Me and Gabriek and Anya and her baby will live together in our hideout, safe and happy behind our sack curtains. A family

Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least once.