Uprising Quotes

“The truth is that we are losing to the Nazis. Our victories are measured in teaspoons, and theirs come by the gallon. We will not win, so all that remains is how much damage we can do before we lose. I'll do everything I can to survive another day, but all I really want is for Nazis to regret ever setting foot in Poland.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“That song wasn't a battle, and nothing had been gained from my playing. If anything, it had been a foolish thing to do, but I hardly cared. That had been my victory.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“The size of the mistake doesn't matter. It's what you choose to do with the mistake. If you stop here, reliving that mistake for the rest of your life, then that grenade might as well have gotten you too.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“That we all live in this great symphony, each of us an instrument that we play for the world. If we lose one, the song is never quite what it was meant to be.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“I'm not happy about any part of the war. But I look for something good whenever I can, and I try to be good person.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“Because education is strength; it is a power. If you want to control a people, then you keep them from learning.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“And our story is not finished,” I said.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“That’s not true at all,” Weasel insisted. “Heroes are those who stand up to do the right thing, no matter how their story ends.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“The size of the mistake doesn’t matter,” I insisted. “It’s what you choose to do with the mistake. If you stop here, reliving that mistake for the rest of your life, then that grenade might as well have gotten you too.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“Janina;”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“We send brotherly greetings to the fighting soldiers from Hela, wherever they are. Poland is still not lost! Long live Poland!”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising

“It is always the same with those who hate. First they divide us, make us mistrust one another. Then they isolate us keep us from talking to one another. Next, they peel us away, one group at a time, erasing those they fear and those they hate, for as long as it takes until the few who remain fall on their knees for them. Soon after that, they become those who hate and the cycle begins again.”
― Jennifer A. Nielsen, Uprising