Whenever I go and see the Führer, I've got a loaded pistol in my pocket.

The left-wing, which consists of armoured and motorized forces and has no enemy in front of it, will be stopped dead in its tracks upon direct order from the Fuhrer.

... the reason is that a military defeat of Britain will bring about the disintegration of the British Empire. This would not be of any benefit to Germany.

The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe.

Bad weather has grounded the Luftwaffe and now we must stand by and watch countless thousands of the enemy getting away to England under our noses.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself

But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you.

Nope. That´s my line. This is my boyfriend´s house, which makes that my line,exclusively.Where is he?" Nora (p. 287)

If I added to their pride of America, I am happy.

When I am not walking, I am reading. I cannot sit and think.

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

That’s the thing you never expect about grieving, what a competition it is.

Stand up and walk out of your history

Good physicians are rarely dispassionate. They agonize and self-doubt over patients.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.