“We have only died if you forget us. —anonymous epitaph SPANISH CIVIL WAR MASS GRAVE”
― The Fountains of Silence
― The Fountains of Silence
“In focusing on faith [in Hitler], and not cognition, Hitler benefited from a reality psychologists have known for years. It is almost impossible to convince people who have formed a strong emotional belief that they are wrong by using reasoned argument. Since faith is not dependent on reason, how can reason be used to convince anyone they are mistaken? Hitler linked all these ideas to one further notion. He thought human beings in large groups were basically dim.”
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“It is an odd thing, to lose faith in the beliefs you once held firmly. How strange it is to have carried your convictions like a set of keys, only to realize they will not open any doors.”
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
― There Are Rivers in the Sky
“in my day, molay, a girl couldn’t dream like that. But you, my namesake, you can be a doctor, or lawyer, or journalist—anything you imagine. We lit that lamp to light your path.”
― The Covenant of Water
― The Covenant of Water
“There is a tension that exists between history and memory, señor. Some of us are desperate to preserve and remember, while others are desperate to forget.”
― The Fountains of Silence
― The Fountains of Silence
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