“The real damage is done by those millions who want
to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t
want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those
with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own
strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to
make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles
are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist
approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you
don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion,
because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little
balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death;
narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle
burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.” -Sophie Scholl-
