Quote 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…

— 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…

— 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.”

— 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…

— 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.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Jessica Shattuck

“In the future, Martin will recall this night as the first time -- and one of the only times -- he ever saw Germans…

— Jessica Shattuck

“expedience could not take precedence over the pursuit of justice.”

— Jessica Shattuck

“her dearest friends were like dreams she had woken from. How had she missed so much?”

— 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…

— Jessica Shattuck