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Out of the Darkness, by Frank Trentmann; Alfred A. Knopf: New York; $50.00An appreciation of ‘The Germans, 1942-2022’, requires an Homeric effort. Nevertheless, often awarded Professor Frank Trentmann, currently of Birkbeck in London and Helsinki Un ...more "
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days, by Rebecca Donner; Little, Brown: New York; $32.00 hardbackThose who seek to know what the subtle, horrific, then relentless growth of dictatorship looks like will do well to read of the final years of Mildred ...more "
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
― The Tempest
― The Tempest
“What's past is prologue.”
― The Tempest
― The Tempest
“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”
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“We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”
― The Tempest
― The Tempest
“They are committing the greatest indignity human beings can inflict on one another: telling people who have suffered excruciating pain and loss that their pain and loss were illusions. (v)”
― Night
― Night
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