Author: Erik Larson

Quotes

The Lusitania is a monument to this optimism, to the hubris of the era. I love that, because where there is hubris, there is tragedy.

The Lusitania is a monument to this optimism, to the hubris of the era. I love that, because where there is hubris, there is tragedy.

- Erik Larson

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics.

I like all kinds of music, though I tend to prefer jazz and classics.

- Erik Larson

There is something about the name Berlin that evokes an image of men in hats and long coats standing under streetlamps on rainy nights.

There is something about the name Berlin that evokes an image of men in hats and long coats standing under streetlamps on rainy nights.

- Erik Larson

We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany?

We, of course, have the power of hindsight in our arsenal, but people living in Berlin in that era didn't. What would that have been like as this darkness fell over Germany?

- Erik Larson

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