Sewingdervish

“One day as Father and I were returning from our walk we found the Grote Markt cordoned off by a double ring of police and soldiers. A truck was parked in front of the fish mart; into the back were climbing men, women, and children, all wearing the yellow star. . . .

"Father! Those poor people!" I cried. . . .

"Those poor people," Father echoed. But to my surprise I saw that he was looking at the solders now forming into ranks to march away. "I pity the poor Germans, Corrie. They have touched the apple of God's eye.”
― Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

“Margaret was not a ready lover, but where she loved she loved passionately, and with no small degree of jealousy.”
― Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

“They’re always Americans trying to own a bit of Prague. They must believe they can cram the city into their suitcases and bring it home with them. But no one can own magic.”
― R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill

“This is what it’s like to be Jewish in Europe. Every beautiful thing has horror buried under it. I’m always walking on bones. The”
― R.M. Romero, The Ghosts of Rose Hill