“That Dr. Hauptmann might have ties so far up – that the telephone on his desk connects him with men a hundred miles away who could probably wag a finger and send a dozen Messerschmitts streaming up from an airfield to strafe some city – intoxicates Werner. We live in exceptional times.”

“That Dr. Hauptmann might have ties so far up – that the telephone on his desk connects him with men a hundred miles away who could probably wag a finger and send a dozen Messerschmitts streaming up from an airfield to strafe some city – intoxicates Werner. We live in exceptional times.”

— Anthony Doerr