Foreign Letters Quotes

Ellie Thir: John loves me, and I love him. But we can't talk. We are... [flips through her Hebrew/English dictionary]
Ellie Thir: shy.
Thuy Le: Why don't you tell him you like him?
Ellie Thir: I don't like him, I love him.
Thuy Le: Why don't you tell him you love him?
Ellie Thir: It's sad. I want to say it to him, and he wants to say it to me. But we can't. We are shy.

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Ellie Thir: We left because in Israel everyone has to be a soldier or you go to jail, and my parents thought the war was wrong.
Thuy Le: That's good.
Ellie Thir: That's not good, it's bad.
Thuy Le: I'm glad you have to come here, because we got to meet.
Ellie Thir: My uncle was a soldier and another Israeli soldier shot him by accident.He was my mom's little brother, and now my mom cries whenever it's Friday.

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Ellie Thir: [working on typewriter]Because Ellie and Thuy are best friends forever, they agree to these rules. One: Ellie and Thuy have to spend at least 10 minutes together at every recess.
Thuy Le: Two: Ellie and Thuy have to take a walk together in the woods at least once a week.
Ellie Thir: Three: If one has a secret, she has to tell the other one. And the other one can't tell anyone in the world.
Thuy Le: Four: If one calls the other one on the phone, then the other one has to call back that day.
Ellie Thir: Five: Because they are best friends forever, they agree that when they grow up they will always live next to each other, or in the same house, if husbands agree.

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Ellie Thir: If we had boyfriends, we would be more popular.
Thuy Le: I don't want to be popular.

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