Stephanie Moore

“Someday I will understand Auschwitz. This was a brave statement but innocently absurd. No one will ever understand Auschwitz. What I might have set down with more accuracy would have been: Someday I will write about Sophie's life and death, and thereby help demonstrate how absolute evil is never extinguished from the world. Auschwitz itself remains inexplicable. The most profound statement yet made about Auschwitz was not a statement at all, but a response.

The query: "At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God?"

And the answer: "Where was man?”
― William Styron, Sophie’s Choice

“What is so wrong about being a bitch? It is the closest a girl can be to a wolf.”
― Sydney J. Shields, The Honey Witch

“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See

“...I've spent so long standing at the edge that when I finally turn away, I doubt there is anyone in this world who will even notice.”
― Joanna Cannon, Three Things About Elsie