Theo M

“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity—it’s envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is but the passing shadow of a cloud.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“HBO working on the documentary about my experiences, One Survivor Remembers, went to Germany to film at locations where I had”
― Gerda Weissmann Klein, All But My Life: A Memoir

“Throughout my years in the camps, and against nearly insuperable odds, I knew of no one who committed suicide. I wanted to reach out to young people, make them aware of the preciousness of life, and show them that it was not to be thrown away thoughtlessly, even under conditions of extreme hardship.”
― Gerda Weissmann Klein, All But My Life: A Memoir

“For years after the American Revolution, the public opposed the creation of police departments, fearing that they would become forces of repression.”
― David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI