All the Light - Quotes and Themes Flashcards
Patience - Von Rumpel
“Waiting… is a kind of war. You simply tell yourself that you must not lose.” - Von Rumpel (Museum)
Strategy - Von Rumpel
“See obstacles as opportunities” - Von Rumpel
Nationalism - Bastian
“In the end, we all come home to the fuhrer” - Bastian
Weakness - Frederick
“Some people are weak in some ways sir. Others in other ways” - Frederick
Conformity - Werner
“Every part of him wants to scream: is this not wrong? But here it is right” - Werner
“Werner opens his mouth but closes it again” - Werner
“There is no deviating now” - Werner
Strength - Frederick
“Frederick is stronger than he is in every imaginable way.” - Werner
Life and Death - Von Rumpel
“Only a matter of time until the black vine chokes off his heart” - Von Rumpel
Light and Darkness - Werner
“Even total darkness is not quite darkness” - Werner
Brutality of War - Etienne
“He was not the same as when he left” - Etienne
Brutality of War - Marie Laure
“Fourteen year olds dies the same as anybody else” - Marie Laure
Brutality of War - Volkheimer
“He was just a boy. They all were” - Volkheimer
Fate - Werner
“The only place your brother is going … is to the mines” - Werner
Characterisation - Marie Laure
“She cannot” - Marie Laure
Life - Marie Laure
“Marie-Laure begins to feel that her life, like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has been interrupted halfway through” - Marie Laure
Characterisation - Volkheimer
“They call him the Giant” - Volkheimer
Communication - General
“It ties a million ears to a single mouth” - Radio