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“When I lost her, it felt like I was drowning in all the love I still had that could never be given. It filled me up, choked me like a rag doused in kerosene, spilled out in tears and screams and in heavy, pulsing silence.”
― Love and Other Words
― Love and Other Words
“I had then two reasons to live: one, to work with the resistance movement and help as long as I could stand upon my feet; two, to dream and pray for the day to come when I could go free and tell the world, “This is what I saw with my own eyes. It must never be allowed to happen again!”
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
― Five Chimneys: The Story of Auschwitz
“As a matter of fact, the idea of death seeped into our blood. We would die, anyway, whatever happened. We would be gassed, we would be burned, we would be hanged, or we would be shot. The members of the underground at least knew that if they died, they would die fighting for something.”
― Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
― Five Chimneys: A Woman Survivor's True Story of Auschwitz
“It never occurred to me that love could be anything other than all-consuming. Even as a child, I knew I never wanted anything less.”
― Love and Other Words
― Love and Other Words
“Treat your body carefully. Take care of it. Don’t let anyone abuse it, and don’t abuse it yourself. Every inch of your skin I made diligently; months I slaved over you. You are my masterpiece.”
― Love and Other Words
― Love and Other Words
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