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> [“Germany was being run by a loudmouthed rabble-rouser, bent on baiting other nations to war and making life miserable for countless innocent citizens. And here they were, drinking champagne and dancing to Scott Joplin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/germany-was-being-run-by-a-loudmouthed-rabble-rouser-bent-on-baiting/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

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## More by Jessica Shattuck

> [“Years later, as a professor, Martin would try to find the words to articulate the power of togetherness in a world where togetherness had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/years-later-as-a-professor-martin-would-try-to-find-the-words-to/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Yet here they were, carrying groceries, holding children’s hands, turning their collars up against the wind. As if their moments of truth—the decisions by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/yet-here-they-were-carrying-groceries-holding-children-s-hands/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Hitler was a lunatic, a leader whose lowbrow appeal to people’s most selfish, self-pitying emotions and ignorance was an embarrassment for their country.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/hitler-was-a-lunatic-a-leader-whose-lowbrow-appeal-to-people-s-most/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Martin was swept up in the sound—no longer blood and bone, frozen feet and hungry belly, but an empty vessel filling with notes, carried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/martin-was-swept-up-in-the-sound-no-longer-blood-and-bone-frozen-feet/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Americans can face the world with open arms, Marianne had once said, because the world hasn’t yet come to knock it down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/americans-can-face-the-world-with-open-arms-marianne-had-once-said/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“This music had been played and heard before and would be again, not only here in this church, but in places all over the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/this-music-had-been-played-and-heard-before-and-would-be-again-not/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Instead she squeezes Mary’s arm and appreciates her kindness. Her understanding. This is why people have children, even when they believe the world is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/instead-she-squeezes-mary-s-arm-and-appreciates-her-kindness-her/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Benita set the letter down. Connie - her dear Connie, whom she had never even said good-bye to. Whom she had hated - really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/benita-set-the-letter-down-connie-her-dear-connie-whom-she-had-never/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“They had wrung their hands over his dangerous conflations, his fervor, and his lack of humanity. But Freddy Lederer’s account was something new to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/they-had-wrung-their-hands-over-his-dangerous-conflations-his-fervor/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“In the future, Martin will recall this night as the first time -- and one of the only times -- he ever saw Germans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/in-the-future-martin-will-recall-this-night-as-the-first-time-and-one/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“expedience could not take precedence over the pursuit of justice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/expedience-could-not-take-precedence-over-the-pursuit-of-justice/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“her dearest friends were like dreams she had woken from. How had she missed so much?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/her-dearest-friends-were-like-dreams-she-had-woken-from-how-had-she/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“There is not enough air in the room for Marianne and Elizabeth to share. They have learned this the hard way, but acceptance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/there-is-not-enough-air-in-the-room-for-marianne-and-elizabeth-to/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Only when we prove that international law and the human rights of all mankind are greater than any villain can we vanquish evil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/only-when-we-prove-that-international-law-and-the-human-rights-of-all/)

[Jessica Shattuck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-shattuck/)

> [“Martin will recall this night as the first time--and one of the only times--he ever saw Germans crying in public, not at the news…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-shattuck/martin-will-recall-this-night-as-the-first-time-and-one-of-the-only/)

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