A Bridge Across the Ocean Quotes

“This is how it is for all of us. Life will send us across a bridge we did not want to cross, but when we finally open our eyes on the other side, we see that there had been nothing to fear at all.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“It is much harder to pretend than it is to simply be who you already are.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“Control is an illusion. No one has it. I don't even have it. You can't wish for control; you can only learn to play your part in a world where nothing is truly certain. And you do have a part to play.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“The Reich Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda contained a division devoted to art, music, and theater. Control and manipulation of the fine arts was a part of the reshaping of culture as much as the removal of the Jews.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“It’s as if there’s a bridge they need to cross. And it’s like crossing over the ocean, Brette.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“This ghost was the ship.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“her it is complicated fighting for freedom and justice, but necessary if they were to hold on to what made them human and not beasts.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“That makes it survival. That is what you do in war. You find a way to survive.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean

“It wants to send us end over end so that what was up will be down.”
― Susan Meissner, A Bridge Across the Ocean