Every outcome has its cause, and every predicament has its solution. - Anthony Doerr

Your problem, Werner,” says Frederick, “is that you still believe you own your life.

Radio: it ties a million ears to a single mouth. Out of loudspeakers all around Zollverein, the staccato voice of the Reich grows like some imperturbable tree; its subjects lean toward its branches as if towards the lips of God. And when God stops whispering, they become desperate for someone who can put things right.

We rise again in the grass. In the flowers. In songs.