Wanda Półtawska, one of the Ravensbrück Lab Rabbits, believes that “there is some good in every human being, no matter how bad he or she appears, and one must search for that good seed, however small, cherish it and help it to grow. We
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“Poor England. Too much history for its acreage.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“though in our age crimes are not committed by criminals conveniently at hand but by executive pens far beyond the mob’s reach,”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“It is not that they chose to die, but rather that they could no longer figure out how to live.”
― Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
― Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II
“Cowardice is nothing to do with it—suicide takes considerable courage. Japanese have the right idea. No, what’s selfish is to demand another to endure an intolerable existence, just to spare families, friends, and enemies a bit of soul-searching. The only selfishness lies in ruining strangers’ days by forcing ’em to witness a grotesqueness.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“I don’t know why it is, but secrets jus’ rot you like teeth if you don’t yank ’em out.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
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