How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #4
When all are free, then we can look forward to that day when this city will be joined as one and this country and this great Continent of Europe in a peaceful and hopeful globe. (24)
Berlin, and Germany were reunited in 1990, but is the world still looking forward to the day when all are free? It feels like there's always a city like Berlin somewhere that's being asked to suck it up and persevere until someone gets around to fixing it. Where is today's Berlin?
Quote #5
When that day finally comes, as it will, the people of West Berlin can take sober satisfaction in the fact that they were in the front lines for almost two decades. (25)
Next time your teacher asks for an oxymoron, "sober satisfaction" is sure to impress. But what does that feel like exactly? Maybe it's a taste you get in your mouth after you've endured hardships for a while and become a better person: that sweet tang of building-character bitterness.