“Simon loved the bitter aroma that made it possible for him to think clearly. With coffee he could solve the toughest of problems and now, more than ever, he needed some.” — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“Do you know what is the driving force in every good play?” He looked at the two women questioningly. When they didn’t respond, he… — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“I tell my seven-year-old son about his remarkable forefathers. I leave out the bloody details. (For him these people are like knights, which sounds… — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“If you want to know who is responsible for anything, as who benefits from it.” — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“That’s what we have to find out, but it surely has nothing to do with a mountain, a witch, or other such folderol.” — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“Drums rumbled, cymbals clanged, and somewhere a fiddle was playing. The aroma of deep-fried doughnuts and roasted meat drifted down to the foul-smelling tanners’… — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“True, it was customary in Schongau that the hangman could spare the offender if he married her. But Johannes Kuisl had a wife already,… — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“Alcohol was a good friend, but it was also jealous and would tolerate no competition.” — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“These women with their feminine wisdom had always been suspect to men. They knew potions and herbs; they touched women in indecent spots; and… — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“...we are trying, in a world of increasing complexity, to create a simpler and more understandable place for ourselves. No longer do we grow… — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
“I believe in evil, but not in ghosts. Only we humans can be evil; we don’t need ghosts for that.” — Oliver Pötzsch Copy Share Image
