For thirteen years, since his first encounter with a handful of men in the back room of a Munich beer hall, in September 1919, Hitler had been driven by a single ambition: to destroy the political system that he held responsible for the
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“animal in a purified state of utter solitude. Even if I found no gold I would have the satisfaction that I’d found contentment.”
― The Bad Angel Brothers
― The Bad Angel Brothers
“There is one true kind of loving—heartfelt, unselfish, pure in heart, life-affirming; but there are many vivid versions of hatred. The hatred that makes your enemy abandon you is nothing compared to the hatred that impels this monster never to leave you alone, infecting you like a virus, sickening you and seeming to gloat.”
― The Bad Angel Brothers
― The Bad Angel Brothers
“Grief was a hole. A portal to nothing.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“I was twenty-six and I didn’t know what I realized later, that competitive businesses are always on the lookout for young and ambitious workers, eager to learn, able to take orders, even-tempered and undemanding—no family, no mortgage, adaptable, portable, loyal, grateful, who will work for much less money than someone older, to build a résumé and make a reputation.”
― The Bad Angel Brothers
― The Bad Angel Brothers
“Out of touch, on my own, surrounded by fractured rock, and scrub and sand, in a valley as hot and bleak as a crucible, I began to understand who I was and what I wanted. No one interrupted me or asked me questions. I lived without pretension. I was an”
― The Bad Angel Brothers
― The Bad Angel Brothers
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