How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #7
"I…we…all loved her very, very much. We lived together, all in one house." "A large house?" "A very large house, sir." "Ah…she would have liked that." (23.58-23.60)
It pleases Josef to hear about Gemma's life in the United States. It's interesting, isn't it, that Becca and her family lived with Gemma for all those years, yet knew nothing about her life before the war.
Quote #8
He put his arm around her and, inadvertently, his hand touched the boy's. He forced himself not to shrink from the contact. "We will take charge of her," he said to the others. "We are her family now." (30.13)
Josef doesn't consider himself a war hero, but we thought this line (which is about Gemma, of course) was pretty swell. Funny how fighting to save lives and combat injustice can give you the ol' family feels.