“What should our second generation have done, what should it do with the knowledge of the horrors of the extermination of the Jews? We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable, we may not inquire because to inquire is to make the horrors an object of discussion, even if the horrors themselves are not questioned, instead of accepting them as something in the face of which we can only fall silent in revulsion, shame and guilt. Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame and guilt? To what purpose?”
― The Reader
― The Reader
“akimbo,”
― The Historian
― The Historian
“When I realized what the drawing was depicting, I thought I would feel horror-stricken and petrified, but a strange calm had settled over me. I said, “This blackness was in my nightmare. It was coming for me to take me away . . . and I was running, trying to escape.”
― The Shadow Girl
― The Shadow Girl
“The bunny was thrilled that her ears no longer dragged on the ground. They would stay nice and clean.”
― Cleo Can Tie A Bow: A Rabbit and Fox Story
― Cleo Can Tie A Bow: A Rabbit and Fox Story
“So what’s wrong if there happens to be one guy in the world who enjoys trying to understand you?”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
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