The Last Plane Quotes

“A few metres ahead, a young soldier with a belly wound was pleading in Russian. Peter couldn’t understand any of it—except of course the one word that was the same in German. ‘Mama...”
― Robert Hirzer, The Last Plane

“Time and I have become like an old married couple. It is my constant and reliable companion. It gives me rest and comfort and hope. It also makes me bored, discouraged and exhausted. Sometimes I pray for time to slow down or even come to a halt, usually just before I wish it would pass in the blink of an eye. It is the friend that I curse.”
― Robert Hirzer, The Last Plane