“Who wants to die?’ he asked. ‘Everyone wants to live, everyone – even the most miserable worm is screaming for life! I… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“Anna Quangel wishes she could stroke her husband's hand, but she doesn't dare. She just brushes it, as if by accident, and says, 'Oh,… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“Then he picked up the pen and said softly, but clearly, "The first sentence of our first card will read: Mother! The Führer has… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“Coffins and coffins, enough for everyone on the shift, enough for everyone in Germany! The men are still alive, but they are already making… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“All was darkness, and she had been full of fear and apprehension, and then the sun had peeped through the clouds once more.” — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
She had known for a long time that you had to pay for everything in life, and usually more than it was worth. — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
I don't want any funny business, and above all I don't want to be dragged into other people's funny business. If it's to be… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
As it was, we all acted alone, we were caught alone, and every one of us will have to die alone. But that doesn’t… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“We live not for ourselves, but for others. What we make of ourselves we make not for ourselves, but for others…” — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“Who wants to die?’ he asked. ‘Everyone wants to live, everyone – even the most miserable worm is screaming for life! I want to… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“Everyone facing death, especially premature death, like us, will be kicking themselves about each wasted hour.” — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“They had failed to understand that there was no such thing as private life in wartime Germany. No amount of reticence could change the… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
“And so it had been going on week after week. Month after month. That was what was so discouraging, that it went on so… — Hans Fallada Copy Share Image
