Ludwigsburg

The verdict can hopefully help the affected families cope with and process their grief – but it will not bring back their children, whom they miss so much.

— Ludwigsburg's Mayor Matthias Knecht (non-partisan) in a published statement after the street-racing trial in Ludwigsburg

Your dream car turned into a nightmare car.

— Judge Norbert Winkelmann, presiding judge, at the verdict in the Ludwigsburger speeding-race case

The arrogance you displayed must be paid for. And you will pay for it—rightly so.

— Said by the presiding judge after the verdict in the Stuttgart district court

There is no way to work the soil in the vineyard more naturally.

— Thomas Nollenberger, the operations manager of WeinKultur Kirchheim, on using Ouessant sheep for natural weed control in the Kirchheim vineyards

But he did not intend to endanger anyone; he trusted in his driving skills and the car's technology.

— Statement by the main defendant in the trial: he admitted the act but said he did not intend to endanger anyone and trusted his driving skills and the car's technology.

The sound, the aesthetics — it's simply perfect.

— Michael Kaufmann, violin maker, describing the sound and aesthetics of his violins

We wanted to anchor the serious situation in the family: if the band plays well, Fridolin will become immortal. If this one thing works, it will save everyone's life.

— Sebastian Blin, in an interview in Ludwigsburg