But here God didn't come. We were all on our own.
With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.
Jag talar inte om din bok nu, men se hur många böcker som redan skrivits om Förintelsen. Till vilken nytta? Folk har inte blivit annorlunda...Dom kanske behöver en ny Förintelse, en ännu värre...
No, darling! To die it's easy... But you have to stuggle for life!
Sometimes I don't feel like a functioning adult
Samuel Beckett once said, Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness....On the other hand, he SAID it.
No matter what I accomplish, it doesn't seem like much compared to surviving Auschwitz.
Ingen är normal.
If you want to live, it's good to be friendly.
Friends? Your friends? If you lock them together in a room with no food for a week…Then you could see what it is, friends! …
If they brought you here,They'll put you to work. THEY'RE not readyto kill you YET.
Maybe your father needed to show that he was always right - that he could always SURVIVE - because he felt GUILTY about surviving.
Anja? What is to tell? Everywhere I look I'm seeing Anja... From my good eye, from my glass eye, if they're open or they're close, always I'm thinking on Anja.
To die, it's easy. But you have to struggle for life.
Disaster is my muse.
[...]finché non siamo arrivati al cancello, al, al cancello, ho visto un treno e binari. Ma non un treno come ho visto quando arrivavo qui a Dachau, ma un treno con...per passeggeri, per gente . Non p...
I dunno…maybe everyone has to feel guilty. Everyone! Forever!
DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS A MIDGET MUST GO!
I know this is insane, but I somehow wish I had been in Auschwitz with my parents so I could really know what they lived through! I guess it's some kind of guilt about having had an easier life than t...
In reality, childhood is deep and rich. It's vital, mysterious, and profound. I remember my OWN childhood vividly; I knew terrible things, but I knew I mustn't let the adults *know* I knew... it would...