#ii

Life is worth living and no matter what it throws at you it is important to keep your eyes on the prize of the happiness that will come. Even when the Death Railway reduced us to little more than animals, humanity in the shape of our saintly medical officers triumphed over barbarism. Remember, while it always seems darkest before the dawn, perseverance pays off and the good times will return. ↗

— Alistair Urquhart

#memoir #military-history #world-war-ii #death

The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. ↗

— Ramsey Clark

#crime #foreign #foreign policy #greatest #ii

Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country. ↗

— Steven Wright

#country #cross #cross country #great #live

The advent of electronically synthesized sound after World War II has unquestionably had enormous influence on music in general. ↗

— George Crumb

#after #electronically #enormous #general #had

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II. ↗

— Leonardo DiCaprio

#grandmother #her #ii #life #me

Aunt Rosa, a fussy, angular, wild-eyed old lady, who had lived in a tremulous world of bad news, bankruptcies, train accidents, cancerous growths—until the Germans put her to death, together with all the people she had worried about. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#fiction #germans #holocaust #nazis #signs-and-symbols

I met my wife in Washington, D.C. I was a senior in college. WW II was about to descend upon us. Jobs were starting to open up after a prolonged depression. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#after #college #depression #descend #i

In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#few #few men #history #ii #imprint

King Charles II liked women's company and well as making love to them. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#company #ii #king #liked #love

I wanted something that would address the strengths and weaknesses of humanity. I wanted a story that could move readers. My Honor Flight is that story. ↗

— Dan McCurrigan

#courage #death #emotional #hero #humanity