Alina

“Fünfmal pro Tag dachte ich „Du kannst alles tun, alles was dir gefällt, und überall hingehen“ und zehnmal pro Nacht „Was soll ich nur machen und wo soll ich nur hin?“.”
― Joachim Meyerhoff, Die Zweisamkeit der Einzelgänger

“Nicht der Weg war das Ziel. Das Ziel hatte einen Weg, und den musste man irgendwann einschlagen.”
― Elisabeth Herrmann

“When he dipped into the mysteries of nature, he was sure that there must be a God. Who else could create such lovely works of art? Man's inventions could only ape those of his Creator. On the other hand, it was the same God who ensured that people died like flies, carried off by plague and war. It was difficult in such times to believe in God, but Jakob Kuisl discovered Him in the beauties of nature.”
― Oliver Pötzsch, The Hangman's Daughter

“It had been an occasion for reminiscing, but there are limits. And so my childhood falls into a black hole.”
― Ruth Klüger, Still Alive: A Holocaust Girlhood Remembered