“Being brave...is not always being unafraid. Maybe it's more like doing what you know is right even when you're too tired. Or scared. It's going on and doing it anyway...even when you think you can't take one more step.”

“God sees when we do not see, ja?”

“And if we do not stand now, then when will a stand be taken against evil?”

“This is me, God! Elisa. I once saw you in all the world. But the world is dark now, Lord. Full. Full of darkness. Close your eyes for a moment, God, and let me sing to you. Let me remember that you are here. Here in the notes. Smiling down as I play for you. Just this moment, God, let me sing to you. And maybe in the song, I will forget whether I am singing to you, or you are singing to me . . . ”

“What miralces can there be when Germany has sold her soul?”

“What is right is often forgotten by what is convenient.”

“Apathy is the glove into which evil slips its hand.”