One must not judge other cultures by the standars of one's one,' said Aunt Hilda

Shadows are cool and peaceful places for those whose minds are overstocked with treasure.

But she had to know words. She had to know everything.

Herr Altenburg, I can't; I have vertigo.' And Marek looked at him: 'All right - I'll get the chemist to fix me something.

When you're sad, my Little Star, go out of doors. It's always better underneath the open sky.

Pauline kept a scrapbook into which she pasted important articles that she had cut out of the newspapers. These were about the courageous deeds that had been done by people even if they only had one leg or couldn't see or had been dropped on their heads when they were babies. 'It's to make me brave,' she'd explained to Annika.

What are you afraid of then? Not Being able to see, I think not seeing because your obsessed by something that blots out the world.