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> [“But gradually through the tumultuous talk of the days and the nightlong wonderings when I sat groping for hope through the darkness, there began to form in me one deep belief, that if there were no God there was no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/but-gradually-through-the-tumultuous-talk-of-the-days-and-the/)

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## More by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

> [“One of them, the wide clear current of Christianity, has provided the smooth underlying stream of history for nineteen hundred years, and nations and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/one-of-them-the-wide-clear-current-of-christianity-has-provided-the/)

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> [“At the time of my matriculation at Berlin political issues were in an uproar. One professor after another was attacking the Republic for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/at-the-time-of-my-matriculation-at-berlin-political-issues-were-in-an/)

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> [“But also it is not only expedient, there is something more, a feeling that we of Germany have found our destiny and that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/but-also-it-is-not-only-expedient-there-is-something-more-a-feeling/)

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> [“I will tell you what I believe,” he said with simplicity. “I am an artist, and I believe that art is something that comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/i-will-tell-you-what-i-believe-he-said-with-simplicity-i-am-an-artist/)

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> [“There must have been a number of ballots marked ‘no,’” he said. “But if there were, they were simply discarded. Only the ‘yes’ ballots…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/there-must-have-been-a-number-of-ballots-marked-no-he-said-but-if/)

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> [“Then one day the entire student body was summoned to a meeting, where we were to be addressed by Bernhard Rust, the grade-school teacher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/then-one-day-the-entire-student-body-was-summoned-to-a-meeting-where/)

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> [“All right, Father. Those are their aims, of course. But can’t you see that the Nazis are not promoting them in any such rational…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/all-right-father-those-are-their-aims-of-course-but-can-t-you-see/)

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> [“The strange thing about Karl Hoffmann’s story is that it is a story of the defeat of the tremendous Nazi force, inside of Germany.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/the-strange-thing-about-karl-hoffmann-s-story-is-that-it-is-a-story/)

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> [“stood one day by the river on a dock where the ships came in, and all at once I found myself thinking, “If I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/stood-one-day-by-the-river-on-a-dock-where-the-ships-came-in-and-all/)

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> [“Alas, Max, this will pain you, I know, but you must realize the truth. There are movements far bigger than the men who make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/alas-max-this-will-pain-you-i-know-but-you-must-realize-the-truth/)

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> [“This was in the year 1937. There was no escaping the fast-moving trend of events. There was not even an opportunity to protest against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/this-was-in-the-year-1937-there-was-no-escaping-the-fast-moving-trend/)

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> [“There was a fetid atmosphere throughout the cities of Germany during the postwar years that laid its breath on all of the generation who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/there-was-a-fetid-atmosphere-throughout-the-cities-of-germany-during/)

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> [“In such an atmosphere discussion filled all of our time that was not spent over our books. The professors held open house at their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/in-such-an-atmosphere-discussion-filled-all-of-our-time-that-was-not/)

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> [“So, when a young German cleric, who had fled religious persecution in the Fatherland to seek asylum in the New World, wished to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/so-when-a-young-german-cleric-who-had-fled-religious-persecution-in/)

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> [“All political discussion is forbidden,” he snapped. “What price our free citizenship now?” said one of the boys to me as the group broke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathrine-kressmann-taylor/all-political-discussion-is-forbidden-he-snapped-what-price-our-free/)

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