Thursday, February 3, 2011

Life triumphs over humiliation and tears

“But we don’t want to end this book with death, dedicated as it is to life, invincible life, life always triumphing over humiliation and tears, over misery and death.”

The beginning of the final chapter of Hans Fallada's Jeder stirbt fuer sich allein, Alone in Berlin

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