“I want you to understand something. War makes perpetrators of some, criminals of others, and victims of everyone. Just because a soldier is in the battle, doesn't mean that he believes in the war.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“When we're together," he whispered, "we'll only see each other, not the ugliness around us.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“These men wanted Hitler in a position to put an end to the Republic and to return Germany to the days of the Kaiser. But then the chancellor had become a dictator, putting himself and his followers above the , and now they were using that power to strip the Jews of their rights”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“But then the chancellor had become dictator, putting himself and his followers above the law, and now, they were using that power to strip the Jews of their rights.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“knees. “How is that possible? Who do those Scheisse”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“it that the world is getting closer to the end of its days, and the devil is winning”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“The wounds will be covered by pleasant moments, moments that I used to take for granted. Hopefully, the pleasant moments will become more frequent, and longer lasting. Because if I keep living int the past, I won't survive.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“Yet brutal actions become war crimes only if you lose.” Christine”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“But good can still stand up against evil. And maybe the best place to do that is here.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“And may those who know the truth speak out.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“the house had been dispelled, evicted by”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“Christmas was an enduring milestone that came and went, while the world forever changed.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“she was always careful to brush and re-braid her hair, making sure the blond plaits were straight”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“...They were nothing but numbers to the people who had started this war.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
“So that’s how it happens, she thought. I’ll get distracted by life. The wounds will be covered by pleasant moments, moments that I used to take for granted. Hopefully, the pleasant moments will become more frequent, and longer lasting. Because if I keep living in the past, I won’t survive.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, quote from The Plum Tree
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“People think it's all about misery and desperation and death and all that shite, which is not to be ignored, but what they forget is the pleasure of it. Otherwise we wouldn't do it. After all, we're not fucking stupid. At least, we're not that fucking stupid.”
― Irvine Welsh, quote from Trainspotting
“Comprendre... Vous n'avez que ce mot-là à la bouche, tous, depuis que je suis toute petite. Il fallait comprendre qu'on ne peut pas toucher à l'eau, à la belle eau fuyante et froide parce que cela mouille les dalles, à la terre parce que cela tache les robes. Il fallait comprendre qu'on ne doit pas manger tout à la fois, donner tout ce qu'on a dans ses poches au mendiant qu'on rencontre, courir, courir dans le vent jusqu'à ce qu'on tombe par terre et boire quand on a chaud et se baigner quand il est trop tôt ou trop tard, mais pas juste quand on en a envie ! Comprendre. Toujours comprendre. Moi, je ne veux pas comprendre. Je comprendrai quand je serai vieille [...]. Si je deviens vieille. Pas maintenant.”
― Sophocles, quote from Antigone
“All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.”
― Brandon Sanderson, quote from Words of Radiance
“ It is as true for the writer as for the reader that any novel worth its ink should be an experience first and foremost—not an essay, not a statement, not an orderly rollout of themes and propositions. All of which is to say: stories, too, are wild things. ”
― David Wroblewski, quote from The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
“as the revolution was made by human beings, it was burdened with their failings.”
― Jung Chang, quote from Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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