diff --git a/talon/quotations.py b/talon/quotations.py
index cdd22b1..db6e0dc 100644
--- a/talon/quotations.py
+++ b/talon/quotations.py
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@ RE_ON_DATE_SMB_WROTE = re.compile(
             # Polish
             'W dniu',
             # Dutch
-            'Op'
+            'Op',
+            # German
+            'Am'
         )),
         # Date and sender separator
         u'|'.join((
@@ -50,18 +52,26 @@ RE_ON_DATE_SMB_WROTE = re.compile(
             # Polish
             u'napisał',
             # Dutch
-            'schreef','verzond','geschreven'
+            'schreef','verzond','geschreven',
+            # German
+            'schrieb'
         ))
     ))
 # Special case for languages where text is translated like this: 'on {date} wrote {somebody}:'
 RE_ON_DATE_WROTE_SMB = re.compile(
-    u'(-*[ ]?({0})[ ].*(.*\n){{0,2}}.*({1})[ ].*:)'.format(
+    u'(-*[ ]?({0})[ ].*(.*\n){{0,2}}.*({1})[ ]*.*:)'.format(
         # Beginning of the line
+        u'|'.join((
         	'Op',
+        	#German
+        	'Am'
+        )),
         # Ending of the line
         u'|'.join((
             # Dutch
-            'schreef','verzond','geschreven'
+            'schreef','verzond','geschreven',
+            # German
+            'schrieb'
         ))
     )
     )
@@ -181,6 +191,7 @@ def mark_message_lines(lines):
         else:
             # in case splitter is spread across several lines
             splitter = is_splitter('\n'.join(lines[i:i + SPLITTER_MAX_LINES]))
+
             if splitter:
                 # append as many splitter markers as lines in splitter
                 splitter_lines = splitter.group().splitlines()
@@ -293,12 +304,8 @@ def extract_from_plain(msg_body):
 
     delimiter = get_delimiter(msg_body)
     msg_body = preprocess(msg_body, delimiter)
-    lines = msg_body.splitlines()
-
     # don't process too long messages
-    if len(lines) > MAX_LINES_COUNT:
-        return stripped_text
-
+    lines = msg_body.splitlines()[:MAX_LINES_COUNT]
     markers = mark_message_lines(lines)
     lines = process_marked_lines(lines, markers)
 
diff --git a/tests/text_quotations_test.py b/tests/text_quotations_test.py
index a56c48d..36dc8a5 100644
--- a/tests/text_quotations_test.py
+++ b/tests/text_quotations_test.py
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ from talon import quotations
 @patch.object(quotations, 'MAX_LINES_COUNT', 1)
 def test_too_many_lines():
     msg_body = """Test reply
-
+Hi
 -----Original Message-----
 
 Test"""
-    eq_(msg_body, quotations.extract_from_plain(msg_body))
+    eq_("Test reply", quotations.extract_from_plain(msg_body))
 
 
 def test_pattern_on_date_somebody_wrote():