Essay Flashcards
Quotes
Importance of questioning hegemonic authorities
‘You filth!You swine!’Blood dripped now from his ear.”
Hans Hubermann held his hand out and presented a piece of bread, like magic.
When it came down to it, one of them called the shots. The other did what he was told. The question is, what if the other is a lot more than one?”
bigotry
But anything was better than being a Jew.
Please believe me when I tell you that I picked up each soul that day as if it were newly born.”
“Dark brown. You didn’t really want brown eyes in Germany around that time.”
Death
“There were broken bodies and dead, sweet hearts. Still it was better than the gas.”
Sometimes I imagined how everything looked above those clouds, knowing without question that the sun was blond, and the endless atmosphere was a giant blue eye.
“I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sand castles, houses of cards, that’s where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.””
