Victor

“So don't be frightened, dear friend, if a sadness confronts you larger than any you have ever known, casting its shadow over all you do. You must think that something is happening within you, and remember that life has not forgotten you; it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall. Why would you want to exclude from your life any uneasiness, any pain, any depression, since you don't know what work they are accomplishing within you?”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet

“My stories are of gas chambers, shootings, electrified fences, torture, scorching sun, mental abuse, and constant threat of death.
But they are also stories of faith, hope, triumph, and love. They are stories of perseverance, loyalty, courage in the face of overwhelming odds, and of never giving up!”
― Livia Bitton-Jackson, I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

“My hope is that learning about past evils will help us to avoid them in the future.”
― Livia Bitton-Jackson, I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust

“There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.”
― Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.