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“But then I look at him; I hear his laugh, I see his smile, and the darkness melts away. Then I do have hope--even just for a little while--because I know that there is something in this world I can fight for. Something I will fight for if I have to.”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World

“You are summoned for no reason other than that you are a Jew, as if "Jew" were a mass term comparable, say, to "water" or "salt." Here is a bit of water, we say, and any sample of it will do. All water manifests itself the same interchangeable water properties. That a Nazi should think this way about Jews is not in the least surprising. Mass terms, mass murders, mass graves: they are all of a piece.”
― Rebecca Goldstein, The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness

“I don't wanna be just another one of your former teammates.”
― A.L. Graziadei, Icebreaker

“Oh my fucking God, is that adorable or are my standards apocalyptically lowered?”
― Erik J. Brown, All That’s Left in the World