

“Do you know what that means? 'Man of God.' An odd name, isn't it? It teaches us that what we call angels are only men. There are no real angels. And men? Oh, there are men, all right, unfortunately for the angels and for ourselves. And what is worse is that they are real.”
― The Gates of the Forest
― The Gates of the Forest

“I don't know whether or not we'll meet again, Gregor. I could, with an effort, look into the future, but the time's too short. I'd like you to know only this: separation contains as much of a mystery as meeting. In both cases a door opens: in meeting it opens on the future, in separation on the past. It's the same door.”
― The Gates of the Forest
― The Gates of the Forest

“I didn't know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever.”
― Night
― Night

“What is man? Dust turned to hope.”
― The Gates of the Forest
― The Gates of the Forest

“To live is to betray the dead. We hasten to bury and forget them because we are ashamed; we feel guilty towards them.”
― The Gates of the Forest
― The Gates of the Forest
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