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The query: “At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God?” And the answer: “Where was man?”
“It's embarrassingly plain how inadequate language is.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“You know the greatest lesson of history? It’s that history is whatever the victors say it is. That’s the lesson. Whoever wins, that’s who decides the history. We act in our own self-interest. Of course we do. Name me a person or a nation who does not. The trick is figuring out where your interests are.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“You have a name and one thing after another happens to you, and you behave in various ways and do things, so that soon the name begins to have a meaning. Things have accumulated around your name.”
― The Member of the Wedding
― The Member of the Wedding
“I suddenly encountered the face of loneliness, and decided that it was a merciless and ugly face indeed.”
― Sophie's Choice
― Sophie's Choice
“She did not know why she was sad, but because of this peculiar sadness, she began to realize she ought to leave the town.”
― The Member of the Wedding
― The Member of the Wedding
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