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41 " It had never occurred, to me, that the walls of hell were made out of ice. "
― Ellie Midwood , No Woman's Land (Women and the Holocaust, #2)
42 " If more of us refused to be intimidated by them, this all wouldn’t have happened. "
43 " It’s idleness that kills you, not work. Work kept me alive all these years, and I don’t intend on lounging around when so many people could use my help. If it’s my age that you worry about, then don’t – I have all my wits. "
― Ellie Midwood , Emilia: The Darkest Days in History of Nazi Germany Through a Woman's Eyes (Women and the Holocaust, #1)
44 " I didn’t want romance. I only wanted a normal life. "
45 " Schatzi, if they couldn’t work me to death – no one will,” Karina replied resolutely, "
46 " Not everything can be forgotten, but everything can be forgiven, schatzi. And the more that evil was done to you, the more you need to forgive the ones who did it. "
47 " Harboring hatred towards your offenders is the same thing as twisting the knife in your own stomach and hoping for them to die from the wound. It damages you more and more, not them. It drains you, and leaves you empty and hollow, like a used eggshell. Do you want to remain an empty eggshell for the rest of your life? You’re far too young to hold onto your anger, and your life will be miserable if you don’t let go of it. "
48 " stubbed her cigarette on the brick outside the window and threw it on the ground. The street was littered as it was; what did one more cigarette butt matter? Her whole life was now one big garbage pile; she lived in it, she worked in it, "
― Ellie Midwood , The Lyon Affair (The Indigo Rebels #2)
49 " What was happening to her? She was becoming like her father right after he returned from the Great War, the righteous, honorable Monsieur Legrand who tried to teach her things that weren’t meant to be taught, as it appeared. One had to live through them to understand the true value of things, and Giselle hated all of the new revelations that came to her in this swamp of a street. "
50 " The circle of the moon spilled its liquid silver onto the streets "
51 " As Elie Wiesel said, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. "
― Ellie Midwood , The White Rose Network
52 " In his days in the seminary, he was taught to always deliver his sermons to the parish on topics not only relevant to recent events but, more importantly, to always speak of what touched his heart personally. "
53 " It was as if she had cried all the tears that were possible for her to cry throughout her whole life and there was nothing left anymore. She "
54 " Not very priest-like from the Church’s point of view but Yves had decided a long time ago to live by God’s teachings, and not the ones set by the Vatican. God said to feed the needy, and so he would. "
55 " She would guard her memories and keep all the darkness inside, "
56 " life wasn’t always what one thought it should be. "
57 " . I hate every single one of you. Jewish. I never thought of myself as Jewish before all of you suddenly started pointing it out. I was a German, just like you. What made me so distinctive from you all of a sudden? The red J in my papers? The armband? Because if I had taken it off, I could have easily passed for one of your highly praised BDM girls. You’d never know the difference once you saw me next to them. You never knew the difference before, and now all of a sudden we’re Jewish "
58 " I’m a human being, just like you are, and my heart is on the same side as yours, and my blood is also red, and it hurts me to hear that we are vermin, just as much as it would hurt you if someone told you the same thing. "
59 " It’s when your own kin starts hating you as well, that’s when it becomes frightening. "