Resistance Women Quotes

“Perhaps Germany will serve as a warning,” said Arvid. “May they learn from us to snuff out fascism in America when the first sparks arise and not delay until democracy goes up in flames all around them.” “This could never happen in America. A nation that elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt would never elect a madman populist.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“I fear that people do indeed know what Hitler wants, and what he intends, and that is precisely why they vote for him. Not because they misunderstand him, but because they understand him very well, and approve.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Scapegoating Jews—or Communists, Poles, women, immigrants—was the refuge of the lazy, envious, and unimaginative. It made the world an ugly, hostile place to live in and did nothing to solve any actual problems.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“How could anyone vote for the party of Adolf Hitler?” Sara’s mother had wondered aloud, aghast, after the results had come in. “He served nine months in prison for treason.”

“People are struggling,” Sara replied, thinking of her fellow students, their weary faces, their threadbare clothes, their grim prospects, their anger and hopelessness. “They can’t find work and they’re afraid of what the future holds.”

“Then along comes this loud, angry man,” Natan said, “promising to take them back to a mythical golden age of prosperity, swearing to punish Germany’s enemies for wronging them. Some people respond to that—in this case, vast numbers of people.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“She wanted a true partnership fueled by intellect and creativity, respect and desire.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Darling, you must never become accustomed to the extraordinary and the outrageous. If you do, little by little, you'll learn to accept anything.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Intolerable wrongs we accept now as a matter of course would have provoked marches in the streets and calls for new elections only a few years ago.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“I'm afraid we've all become acclimated to cruelty and injustice by being exposed to it in steadily increasing doses through the years. Intolerable wrongs we accept now as a matter of course would have provoked marches in the streets and calls for new elections only a few years ago.'

Martha reached across the table and took her hand. 'Not you, Mildred. You don't accept injustice any more now than you did when we first met. You could never be cruel or tolerate cruelty. And you are not alone.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Arvid stopped short and touched her cheek with the backs of his fingers. 'Darling, you must never become accustomed to the extraordinary and the outrageous. If you do, little by little, you'll learn to accept anything.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Totalitarianism had crept up on them steadily, menacingly, and then, with one swift lunge, it had seized them around the throats. Adolf Hitler controlled every branch of government—and now the military as well, having compelled all military officers to swear personal allegiance to him rather than the country.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“(Nazis were executing a coordinated strike on Social Democrat trade unions throughout the country)

“One day the Nazis celebrate the worker,” said Arvid, “and the next they destroy him.”

“Surely the German people see the same pattern we do,” said Mildred. “They can’t be distracted by rallies and entertainments forever. Eventually it’s going to come down to right and wrong, common sense versus nonsense.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Swiftly, inexplicably, willingly, the people of Germany had voted themselves out of a democratic republic and into a dictatorship.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“How could they flee? How could they abandon Germany to evil men who were determined to destroy everything good about it?”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Where they burn books, in the end they will also burn people.

"They’re bloodthirsty and capable of anything. You’ll see. With those torches they’ll first set Germany ablaze, and then the rest of Europe.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“Arvid says, “Darling, you must never become accustomed to the extraordinary and outrageous. If you do, little by little, you'll learn to accept anything.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“I just don’t know which is worse, to say nothing or to say too much.”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women

“nourishing”
― Jennifer Chiaverini, Resistance Women