"As factual and thoughtful literature began to seep in, against the Nazis' will, and replace the reams of Nazi propaganda, I began to see the German Jew in his historical role, in his good as well as his bad light."

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Source : Martha Dodd (1939). “Through embassy eyes”, New York

Martha Dodd

#Thoughtful Quotes #Light Quotes #Historical Quotes

“And now I've got to explain the smell that was in there before I went in there. Does that ever happen to you? It's not your fault. You've held your breath, you just wanna get out, and now you open the door and you have to explain, 'Oh! Listen, there's an odor in there and I didn't do it. It's bad.”
“we are all given the ingredients of happiness, but the mixing is left to ourselves.”
“More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.”
“Shaving your head is acceptable. It's when you start wearing toupees and brushing your hair over that things go wrong.”
“A world grows up around me. Am I shaping it, or do its predetermined contours guide my hand?”
“No eleven-year-old has any real grasp of death. He doesn't have any real concept of other people--that they feel pain, even that they exist. And his own adult future isn't real to him, either. Makes it that much easier to throw away.”
“The real butches are straight ... dealing with and controlling men makes you stronger.”
“Am I a vampire?" Massie asked. "Huh?" Alicia asked. "Then why are you keeping me in the dark?”

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