Daniel's Story Quote Blog

“We must live, and when this is all over, we must work to make the world a better place. And if we die, we will die knowing that it was not our fault, that we did our best, and we can go to our deaths in dignity… I want you both to live…And to remember...You must choose love. Always choose love.”This is what Erika tells Daniel before leaving Lodz ghetto. This reminded me of my grandma. She chose love even though it was against society's expectations of her. She grew up very poor and so she had the opportunity to go to the city and babysit for one of her wealthier relatives. She moved there when she was around my age so thirteen or twelve. She was there all the way until she was eighteen. When she was eighteen a wealthy boy from a powerful family came to town. It was expected of them to only be with other people from the same social class. They both defied this and they got married.