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White Rose, Black Forest by Eoin Dempsey

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“These books are precious now. You are privileged to read these words so many are barred from. And why are they barred? Because the Nazis know that their real enemy is the independent thinker, the true German patriot who questions their ...more

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“When facing death, embrace it with open arms. For it is a friend who's been with you since the beginning and now you finally get to greet each other face to face. Do it with honor. Do it with a smile on your face.”
― L.T. Ryan, Whitewater

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“Death isn’t frightening when weighed against an insignificant existence.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

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“What does a bigot do when he meets someone who challenges his opinions? He doesn’t give. He stays rigid. Doesn’t even try to listen, just lashes out.”
― Harper Lee, Go Set a Watchman

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“You have to look for the joy, Carrie. You have to choose to find it in the midst of the pain. You have to choose… Choose. Once again, Carrie chose to be stronger than the horrors in her life. “Okay, God,” she whispered. “I choose joy.”
― Ginny Dye, The Last Long Night

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“In a way, the world-view of the Party imposed itself most successfully on people incapable of understanding it. They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm, because it left no residue behind, just as a grain of corn will pass undigested through the body of a bird.”
― George Orwell, Animal Farm and 1984

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