“ When people are in need, you must be present. When people suffer, you must let them know you’re suffering with them.” “The good side of bad acts?” I say. “I would not say that from horror comes goodne… Mark Matousek
“ Survival requires a dose of madness—what cynics call “hoping against hope”—just like art does; you conjure your future from white space, locate the hidden person, yourself, against this unfamiliar bac… Mark Matousek
“ As one widow put it to me, “Strength doesn’t mean being able to stand up to anything, but being able to crawl on your belly a long, long time before you can stand up again. Mark Matousek
“ The French have a term for this brazenness: je m’en foutisme, the brave art of not giving a damn. Mark Matousek
“ You go on with your life, because life goes on,” says Isabel. “You see this in anyone who has survived a traumatic situation. My own daughter died, for example.” Her only daughter, Paula Frias, died o… Mark Matousek
“ Reinvention is my philosophy, if you want to call it that,” he says, looking out the window. “Imagination is the key to creating a life that is ever new.” Stanley turns his eyes to me. “We are each of… Mark Matousek
“ Joy is not just about being happy. Joy is a rigorous spiritual practice of saying yes to life on life’s terms, Mark Matousek
“ The quest for knowledge is what makes humans survive, even if it hurts.” I have trouble imagining that this éminence grise was once a sixteen-year-old Hungarian boy in a death camp. “There’s a trouble… Mark Matousek
