“ And a ton came down on a coloured road,And a ton came down on a gaol,And a ton came down on a freckled girl,And a ton on the black canal,And a ton came down on a hospital,And a ton on a manuscript,And… Mervyn Peake
“ Lately the commandant speaks more and more intimately of the führer and the latest thing- prayers, petroleum, loyalty- that he requires. The führer requires trustworthiness, electricity, boot leather.… Anthony Doerr
“ John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. Isaac Asimov
“ There, in the tin factory, in the first moment of the atomic age, a human being was crushed by books. John Hersey
“ The term "totalitarian" was derived from Adolf Hitler's "Total State", which was a "craddle to grave" solution that sought to micro-manage all aspects of humanity. A.E. Samaan
“ Odd, don't you think? I have seen war, and invasions and riots. I have heard of massacres and brutalities beyond imagining, and I have kept my faith in the power of civilization to bring men back from… Iain Pears
“ There is a very dangerous myth that #Hitler was solely fueled by racism. His desire to engineer society was pervasive. Racism alone cannot explain what happened in The Holocaust without also addressin… A.E. Samaan
“ The science fiction author, H.G. Wells was an avid supporter of eugenics and a believer in a hierarchy of the races. A.E. Samaan
“ The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place. Iain Pears
“ It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians. John Hersey
“ Neither Fascist Italy nor Spain adopted eugenics as an ideology central to their form of government the way the National Socialist did. However, socialist and progressive nations such as Canada, Swede… A.E. Samaan
“ My parents didn't settle for the lives their parents lived. They stepped out and up, my father lying his way into the Navy when he was too young to enlist, my mother marrying this fugitive from the mi… Ann Medlock
“ God, there must be a meaning. Fiercely he was certain that there must be a meaning.Surely, while we live we are not lost. John Hepworth
“ There’s no need to say anything to Mr. Turing. I was the one who wasn’t watching where I was going You were the one? Mavis said indignantly. Turing never pays the slightest attention to where he’s goi… Connie Willis
“ God, there must be a meaning. Fiercely he was certain that there must be a meaning.Surely, while we live we are not lost.Oh Janos, Janos my brother!Surely we are not lost--while we live. John Hepworth
“ Well, we have to do something. There are all sorts of rumours about soldiers coming up.""These people are full of rumours. They love rumours." Paterson stood watching the bridge. "Their whole life is… H.E. Bates
“ Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. thats all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread. Elie Wiesel
“ Let me explain how such a thing might occasionally happen,' Goebbels said. 'All during the twelve years of the Weimar Republic our people were virtually in jail. Now our party is in charge and they ar… Erik Larson
