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Goats always tried to break free of their shackles. Sheep had none, so they didn’t need to make the effort. If it was in your nature to bow down, why would anyone shackle you? And yet, they were fortunate, these sheep. They had no inkling
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“The Wilhelm Gustloff was pregnant with lost souls conceived of war. They would crowd into her belly and she would give birth to their freedom.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
“The problem with happy endings is that they're either not really happy, or not really endings, you know? In real life, some things get better and some things get worse. And then eventually you die.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
“I would rather be old than a grown-up. All grown-ups are angry, it's just children and old people who laugh.”
― And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
― And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
“War is catastrophe. It breaks families in irretrievable pieces. But those who are gone are not necessarily lost.”
― Salt to the Sea
― Salt to the Sea
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