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"Andreas stood up. He buckled on his crutch and stood under the window. Now he could clearly hear the rain. If the window embrasure hadn’t been so deep, it would even have been drumming on the glass. As it was, though, there was just the odd drop striking one of the bars. But that much he did know: it was raining."

-Rebellion. Roth, Joseph (pg. 97)

THE FOLLOWING MORNING, Andreas Pum was given a cup of coffee and a piece of bread. He said goodbye to his three friends. “Take care you don’t wind up here again!” said Croaky.

-Rebellion. Roth, Joseph. (pg. 79)

"ANDREAS PUM’S MISFORTUNE had benefited someone else, too, namely Herr Arnold."

Rebellion. Roth, Joseph (pg. 61)

"He and no other is the instrument in the casually devastating hand of Destiny."

-Rebellion. Roth, Joseph (pg. 50)

'“Comrades!” the posters shriek. The government! The government! They want to bring down the government! He, Andreas Pum, wasn’t going to fall for that nonsense. He didn’t go around creating a disturbance, he was a quiet man, he detested drunkards and rebels and card players.'

Rebellion. Roth, Joseph (pg. 37)

"AS YET, ANDREAS WAS unaware of his rival, who, in view of his occupation, might very well be termed a dangerous one."

Rebellion, Joseph Roth pg. 27

"Anyone who saw him felt at once the desire to help him and a sensation of utter helplessness. It was painful and humiliating to acknowledge that there was nothing you could do. One felt like trembling oneself, from guilt and solidarity. His affliction seemed almost to be contagious. Finally, one withdrew, shrank back, but was still unable to forget the picture of the trembling giant."

Rebellion.

"1 THE 24TH MILITARY HOSPITAL was a cluster of shacks on the edge of the city. It would have taken an able-bodied man a good half hour’s walk to reach it from the end of the tramline. The tram went into the world, the big city and life. But to the inmates of the 24th Military Hospital the tram was out of reach."