Marcie

“Germany was being run by a loudmouthed rabble-rouser, bent on baiting other nations to war and making life miserable for countless innocent citizens. And here they were, drinking champagne and dancing to Scott Joplin.”
― Jessica Shattuck, The Women in the Castle

“expedience could not take precedence over the pursuit of justice.”
― Jessica Shattuck, The Women in the Castle

“Martin was swept up in the sound—no longer blood and bone, frozen feet and hungry belly, but an empty vessel filling with notes, carried by something older and bigger and more permanent than himself.”
― Jessica Shattuck, The Women in the Castle

“This music had been played and heard before and would be again, not only here in this church, but in places all over the world, by people living in different circumstances and different times.”
― Jessica Shattuck, The Women in the Castle