STASILAND + NLMG quotes Flashcards
Stasiland memory + the past: violat…
violator and victim, are linked, forever perhaps
Stasiland memory + the past: a sil…
a silent crazy jungle under glass
Stasiland memory + the past: a pla…
a place lost in time
Stasiland memory + the past: history is…
history is made of personal stories
Stasiland memory + the past: want to…
want to pretend it all didn’t happen
Stasiland memory + the past: their offices…
their offices would be a museum
Stasiland memory + the past: dangers of…
dangers of ignoring the past and doing it all over again
Stasiland memory + the past: bound to…
bound to the past and carrying it around like a wound
Stasiland memory + the past: the place that…
the place that broke her
NLMG memory + past: the closing of…
the closing of Hailsham, that suddently brought us close again
NLMG memory + past: urge to o…
urge to order all these old memories
NLMG memory + past: a bit of…
a bit of nostalgia to pass the time
NLMG memory + past: threw t…
threw them away
NLMG memory + past: daydreams…
daydreams for company
NLMG memory + past: linked by…
linked by the places we’d come from
NLMG memory + past: the memories i…
the memories i value most, i don’t see them ever fading
Stasiland knowledge: fallen b…
fallen between two stools
Stasiland knowledge: ignoring those…
ignoring those realities to stay sane
NLMG knowledge: didn’t want to…
didn’t want to think about you students
NLMG knowledge: didn’t think much…
didn’t think much about our lives beyond the Cottages
Stasiland control: know everything…
know everything about everyone
Stasiland control: became, officially, …
became, officially, an enemy of the state at sixteen
Stasiland control: everyone sus…
everyone suspected everyone else
Stasiland control: the mistrust…
the mistrust this bred was the foundation of social existence
Stasiland control: speaks with…
speaks with authoritative barks
NLMG control: a barb…
a barbed wire fence … when Ruth saw it, she came to an abrupt halt
NLMG control: rarely…
rarely stepped beyond the confines of the Cottages
NLMG control: hates to…
hates to be naughty
NLMG control: what we’re…
what we’re supposed to be doing
NLMG control: simply p…
simply pawns in a game
Stasiland loss + grief: the past s… (miriam)
the past stopped when Charlie died
Stasiland loss + grief: lost th…
lost their power and lost their country
Stasiland loss + grief: ache for…
ache for a lost time when things were more secure
NLMG loss + grief: lives are…
lives are set out for you
NLMG loss + grief: gazing…
gazing over Hailsham, pining to be let back in
NLMG loss + grief: the ties…
the ties binding our old crowd were fraying
NLMG loss + grief: gilmpse…
glimpse your future
Stasiland identity: basically…
basically no longer human
Stasiland identity: ripped…
ripped up their identity papers with tears of joy
Stasiland love and relationships: out of fear…
out of fear they’d take the child away
Stasiland love and relationships: the wall went… (frau paul)
the wall went straight through my heart
