“Where they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn people.”
―
Eoin Dempsey,
White Rose, Black Forest
“The only way to get over the last fall is to jump back on the horse and keep riding.” ― Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
“The true patriots were the ones with a healthy suspicion of the government and every motive it acted upon.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“Because I needed to be valuable again. I needed to do something useful, something good.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“The Aryans were a made-up race of blond supermen, which the Nazis had convinced the German people they belonged to.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“What is an Aryan?” he would ask the group. “Blond like Hitler!”—who had dark hair. “Tall like Goebbels!” someone else would say—Goebbels was five feet five. “A perfect athletic specimen like Goering!”—who was a disgusting, fat slug.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“Hatred, malice, vindictiveness, and spite—the emotions that formed the bedrock of Nazism” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“Books from the school library that were deemed subversive were taken out, piled high, and burned in the yard. Franka asked the librarian what they had taken and was told that the local party members had removed any books, fact or fiction, that expressed a liberal idea, or suggested that the people themselves, rather than the führer, should control their own destinies.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“It’s never too late, not while you’ve got breath in your lungs and life within you.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“understand one day. We all marry” ― Eoin Dempsey, Finding Rebecca
“The only thing to counter pain is healing, and the only way to heal is to let go of the hatred and to forgive.” ― Eoin Dempsey, Finding Rebecca
“This new man, this Hitler, was regarded as an upstart, a bad joke.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“He had been too good, too pure for the sewer of prejudice and hatred this country had become. This country wasn’t for angels anymore. Only those twisted by hatred and fear could prosper here now.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“It’s time to move on. Everyone has a past. That’s what we are, but it’s our future that counts more, what we aspire to be. That’s all we can control.” ― Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
“My name is John Lynch,” he said. “I’m from Philadelphia” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“she didn’t react. “It will pass,” Rebecca assured him. “It will all be over by Christmas.” He took another swig of beer. He knew” ― Eoin Dempsey, Finding Rebecca
“Culture” became a dirty word.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“We all deal with things in different ways.” ― Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
“The German citizenry ceded absolute power to Hitler and his Nazis without so much as a whimper.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“The only way to get over the last fall is to jump back on the horse and keep riding.” ― Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
“The true patriots were the ones with a healthy suspicion of the government and every motive it acted upon.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“Because I needed to be valuable again. I needed to do something useful, something good.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“The Aryans were a made-up race of blond supermen, which the Nazis had convinced the German people they belonged to.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“What is an Aryan?” he would ask the group. “Blond like Hitler!”—who had dark hair. “Tall like Goebbels!” someone else would say—Goebbels was five feet five. “A perfect athletic specimen like Goering!”—who was a disgusting, fat slug.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“Hatred, malice, vindictiveness, and spite—the emotions that formed the bedrock of Nazism” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“Books from the school library that were deemed subversive were taken out, piled high, and burned in the yard. Franka asked the librarian what they had taken and was told that the local party members had removed any books, fact or fiction, that expressed a liberal idea, or suggested that the people themselves, rather than the führer, should control their own destinies.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“It’s never too late, not while you’ve got breath in your lungs and life within you.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“understand one day. We all marry” ― Eoin Dempsey, Finding Rebecca
“The only thing to counter pain is healing, and the only way to heal is to let go of the hatred and to forgive.” ― Eoin Dempsey, Finding Rebecca
“This new man, this Hitler, was regarded as an upstart, a bad joke.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“He had been too good, too pure for the sewer of prejudice and hatred this country had become. This country wasn’t for angels anymore. Only those twisted by hatred and fear could prosper here now.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“It’s time to move on. Everyone has a past. That’s what we are, but it’s our future that counts more, what we aspire to be. That’s all we can control.” ― Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
“My name is John Lynch,” he said. “I’m from Philadelphia” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“she didn’t react. “It will pass,” Rebecca assured him. “It will all be over by Christmas.” He took another swig of beer. He knew” ― Eoin Dempsey, Finding Rebecca
“Culture” became a dirty word.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
“We all deal with things in different ways.” ― Eoin Dempsey, The Bogside Boys
“The German citizenry ceded absolute power to Hitler and his Nazis without so much as a whimper.” ― Eoin Dempsey, White Rose, Black Forest
