Key Quotes to

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with
Stasiland
Ostalgie
Vergngenheitsbewltigung
She didnt seem bitter about her belief in the GDR she seems,
somehow, nostalgic (about Julia)
German mentality
A certain drive for order and thoroughness
People were crazy with pain and secrets
As time went on there was more and more work to do, because the
definition of enemy become wider and wider
I think it is a sign of being accustomed to such power that the truth
does not matter because you cannot be contradicted
Capitalism is above all, exploitation
Everyone suspected everyone else
When I got out of prison, I was basically no longer human (Miriam)
Not one of the torturers at Hohenschnhausen has been brought to
justice
Wed have to shoot our own people. And we knew, just like under
Hitler, that if we refused wed be taken off and shot ourselves.
Whether a certain time had been allowed to elapse before things
could begin to be rewritten.
To dig it up, or leave it lie in the ground?

Frankenstein
Did I request thee maker, from my clay, to mould me man, did I
solicit thee from darkness to promote me?
A new species would bless me as its creator
I ought to be thy Adam, but rather I am a fallen angel
I shall satiate my ardent curiousity
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful
I am an outcast in the world forever
I am malicious because I am miserable
If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear
I know that for the sympathy of one living being I would make
peace with all

Secrets of heaven and hell

The apple was already eaten
One thought, one conception and one purpose
It was the secrets of Heaven and Earth that I desired to learn
Was man so powerful, so virtuous and magnificent, yet so vicious
and base
I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral from my tale
Why did I not die?
You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!
I shall be with you on your wedding night
Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live?
misery made me a fiend, make me happy and I shall again be
virtuous
How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much
happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world.

Blake
mind forgd manacles
marks of weakness, marks of woe
Coffins of black
If all do their duty, they need not fear harm
golden cage (marriage)
my soul is white
What is the price of Experience?
Hold infinity on the palm of your hand
The eye sees more than the heart knows
They soft American plains are mine
To see the world in a grain of sand
Little lamb, who made thee?
sunburnt face
Did he who made the Lamb, make thee?
Man was made for joy and woe