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“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

“In a place like Auschwitz, where everything is designed to make you cry, a smile is an act of defiance.”
― Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz

“Truth is to put together by destiny; it's nothing more than a whim of fate. A lie, on the other hand, is more human; it's created by mankind and tailor-made to purpose.”
― Antonio Iturbe, Bibliotekarien i Auschwitz

“Throughout history, all dictators, tyrants, and oppressors, whatever their ideology—whether Aryan, African, Asian, Arab, Slav, or any other racial background; whether defenders of popular revolutions, or the privileges of the upper classes, or God’s mandate, or martial law—have had one thing in common: the vicious persecution of the written word. Books are extremely dangerous; they make people think.”
― Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz