

“We were the unflinching prisoners of a grandiose make-believe, we who looked upon ourselves as heard-headed materialists. We dismissed the distress of today, the human wreckage scattered all about us, the terror and militarism prevailing in the country with the stereotyped belief that we were marching forward with great strides.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin

“Break the character and independence of your man and you will have an obedient trooper.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin

“I would not have shied away from an assignment to sail a canoe around Cape Horn or to take charge of the government of Afghanistan.”
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
― Out of the Night: The Memoir of Richard Julius Herman Krebs alias Jan Valtin
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
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