Oppurtunity Makes the Thief

[Her] greatest fear, which was so huge and so black that it was of phobic proportions, was that people would laugh at her feelings.

I believe that everyone has it in them to kill another person. In desperation, or hatred, or at least to defend themselves.

Isn't it fascinating that Nazis always manage to adopt the word freedom?

From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.

Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God's representatives here on Earth.

His attitude had always been that if a woman clearly indicated that she did not want anything more to do with him, he would go on his way. Not respecting such a message would in his eyes, show a lack of respect for her.