Renato

“To kill and caress. Or simply kill, so you're not always bothered by something or somebody. So it is to be killed or to kill.”
― Arnošt Lustig, Diamonds of the Night

“There are some things we run after and it turns out that we run in vain. Then there are things we don't pursue, and those are the things that escape us.”
― Arnošt Lustig, Diamonds of the Night

“To look good in defeat is the ultimate a person can want.”
― Arnošt Lustig, Diamonds of the Night

“There was some need, some attraction that drew him closer to the German boy whose life he'd save, just to lose his own. But it was life that connected them, because it was death at the same time. It couldn't be put into words, it was intangible, but it was as complete as everything in life is; it was what connected birds and people or a grain of dust and the stars. It was strong because it was so weak and weak because it was so strong.”
― Arnošt Lustig, Diamonds of the Night