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Quotes from O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith — Sophie Scholl

1921–1943 Germany

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Isn't it bewildering … that everything is so beautiful, despite all the horrors that exist?

Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)

Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.

Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)

It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe.

Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)

The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes.

Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sophie Scholl (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.