Kim Erwin

“Survival means nothing, Bertie. Just like death means nothing. To die doesn't mean that one has given up or quit or wasn't strong enough. To survive doesn't mean one is smarter or better or stronger. It's neither fate nor luck. All it is, is horrible.”
― Milo Todd, The Lilac People

“I'm worried I'll be mad forever."
"Then be mad forever," Bertie said.
He sounded unsure. "But I have so much anger."
"Because much has been done upon you," Sofie said. "The Nazis have made us scared of anger, made us believe that anger is bad. Anger is not bad. Anger is how we tell ourselves that we've been wronged, that we've been mistreated, and that it's not okay. Anger is a beautiful emotion. We just need to express it properly.”
― Milo Todd, The Lilac People

“What I'm saying is, don't regard me too heroically. I care about you because I care about everyone. Nothing I'm doing here is noble or generous. It's simply common sense. It's simply humanity. No person should encourage the suffering of another. There's already too much given by nature. And when a person encourages the suffering of another, you can bet they won't stop there. They want to see it because they hope it will fill the emptiness inside themselves, but it won't, because it never does, and so they'll look for the next one, and the next one, and the one after that.”
― Milo Todd, The Lilac People

“A country is only as strong as its most vulnerable people. And you, son, if you may forgive me for saying, are on the lowest rung of the ladder. You’re a canary, Bertie.”
― Milo Todd, The Lilac People