Quotes about World war 2

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I can tell you that events were incremental, that the unbelievable became the believable and, ultimately, the normal. — Ralph Webster, A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other
History is not always pessimistic for if World War II Europe has taught us anything it is that the rebuilding of cities — Aysha Taryam
For the commission to do a great building, I would have sold my soul like Faust. Now I had found my Mephistopheles. He s — Albert Speer, Inside the Third Reich
The Djojobojo Prophecy doesn't just tell you WHAT happened and WHERE it happened...it tells you WHY it happened! — Yvonne B Murtha
My book "Bamboo Walls" is forever because the Djojobojo Prophecy is timeless! — Yvonne B Murtha
Years later, as a professor, Martin would try to find the words to articulate the power of togetherness in a world where — Jessica Shattuck, The Women in the Castle
Work, love, courage and hope,Make me good and help me cope! — Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl
People who spent the war in prison camps have written a lot of books about what a bad time they had, she said quietly, s — Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice
it was so beautiful', he said. 'the Three Pagodas Pass must be one of the loveliest places in the world. you've got this — Nevil Shute, A Town Like Alice
I didn't wait to see her ship go off, because partings are stupid things and best got over quickly — Nevil Shute
Everyone worked day and night, Monday through Saturday. Oppenheimer insisted people take Sundays off to rest and recharg — Steve Sheinkin, Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
She didn't care so much whether the world would ever forgive her people; but she did hope that someday, somehow, she wou — Chris Bohjalian, Skeletons at the Feast
Everything changed, and eleven months later, here I was in the middle of the night with a gungho major, playing secret a — James R. Benn, The First Wave
Except for a roll of Harding's eyes, everyone ignored me, which is the way I liked it when I had to hang around with sen — James R. Benn, The First Wave
Media was a battle ground. So was the internet. People began walking openly with their weapons, whether it was a gun or — Lindsay Anderson, Syrin
It had never occurred to me that simply being with a fellow prisoner would make me feel like I was still in prison. — Elizabeth Wein, Rose Under Fire
THE THING WAS AN EXPERT IN HORROR, BUT THIS HUMAN HORROR INDEED EXCEEDED ANY OTHER POSSIBLE FATE. NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT WA — Guillermo del Toro, The Strain
Everyone was always hungry. The poorer you were, the hungrier you were, and with the hunger came weakness and irritabili — Elliot Perlman, The Street Sweeper
Even if all life on our planet is destroyed, there must be other life somewhere which we know nothing of. It is impossib — Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle
If you can't change it don't worry about it. — David Barrett