The Plum Tree Quotes

“I want you to understand something. War makes perpetrators of some, criminals of others, and victims of everyone. Just because a soldier is in the battle, doesn't mean that he believes in the war.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“When we're together," he whispered, "we'll only see each other, not the ugliness around us.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“Yet brutal actions become war crimes only if you lose.” Christine”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“These men wanted Hitler in a position to put an end to the Republic and to return Germany to the days of the Kaiser. But then the chancellor had become a dictator, putting himself and his followers above the , and now they were using that power to strip the Jews of their rights”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“This is my root cellar,” he said, scanning the crowd. “In here, we’re just Germans. If you don’t like that rule, you can find somewhere else to hide.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“The ground would never be the same. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, the earth would take back the dead . . . and the earth would never forget.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“Brutal acts only become war crimes if you lose.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“Just this slight provocation was enough to make her cry—not that it really hurt, but it took only this minor fracture in the shell of her fragile state to spring the leak that allowed every other pain to find its way to the surface and overflow.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“So that’s how it happens, she thought. I’ll get distracted by life. The wounds will be covered by pleasant moments, moments that I used to take for granted. Hopefully, the pleasant moments will become more frequent, and longer lasting. Because if I keep living in the past, I won’t survive.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“The wounds will be covered by pleasant moments, moments that I used to take for granted. Hopefully, the pleasant moments will become more frequent, and longer lasting. Because if I keep living int the past, I won't survive.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“...They were nothing but numbers to the people who had started this war.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“it that the world is getting closer to the end of its days, and the devil is winning”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“But then the chancellor had become dictator, putting himself and his followers above the law, and now, they were using that power to strip the Jews of their rights.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“And may those who know the truth speak out.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“But good can still stand up against evil. And maybe the best place to do that is here.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“the house had been dispelled, evicted by”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“she was always careful to brush and re-braid her hair, making sure the blond plaits were straight”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“knees. “How is that possible? Who do those Scheisse”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“Christmas was an enduring milestone that came and went, while the world forever changed.”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree

“Christine’s mother pulled”
― Ellen Marie Wiseman, The Plum Tree