The Hours Count Quotes

“Ethel was only accused and convicted of typing up notes, which later her brother admitted was a lie. She was a wife who seemed to love and respect her husband deeply. And she was a mother to two young sons whom she loved greatly and was forced to leave orphaned when she was executed on June 19, 1953.”
― Jillian Cantor, The Hours Count

“They say Stalin is the next Hitler, you know? And what will happen if he gets the bomb?” “You”
― Jillian Cantor, The Hours Count

“Always remember that we were innocent and could not wrong our conscience. -- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, in their last letter to their sons, June 19, 1953.”
― Jillian Cantor, The Hours Count

“The hours count. The minutes count. Do not let this crime against humanity take place. -- Pablo Picasso, on the Rosenbergs, L'Humanité, May 1951”
― Jillian Cantor, The Hours Count

“On the night Ethel is supposed to die, the air is too heavy to breathe.”
― Jillian Cantor, The Hours Count