“Passion is curiously exclusive and the need for it irresistible, while promiscuity is passionless--a mere collector's obsession.” — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“A dead martyr can be manipulated by his heirs; a living one is apt to drag his colleagues to the extremes dictated by the… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“There is no tragedy without commitment; no negation even, without it.” — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“Rosa reports the engagement of her niece in 1912 to a nice young man without a name. It may therefore be that the last… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“If they had kept quiet, and lain low for a time, things might have fizzled out as another unreal Wortstreist, blown up by a… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“Personal dislike as a political end to itself was alien to her; one should not attack people in public except as for political purposes.… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“As Jogiches walked in with her past the potted plants in the entrance, to face the smiles and all the food laid out on… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“She had privacy, and the privilege of walking up and down the same battlements as the sentries.” — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“I am determined to bring even more severity, clarity, and reserve into my life (she wrote in 1908).” — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“Among those who pledged their support to the Central Committee was Feliks Dzierzynski. It was only after the arrest of this fanatic personality and… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“Passion is curiously exclusive and the need for it irresistible, while promiscuity is passionless--a mere collector's obsession.” — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“Clarity is blinding and can be the most destructive element of all in human relations.” — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
