The query: “At Auschwitz, tell me, where was God?” And the answer: “Where was man?”
“I suddenly encountered the face of loneliness, and decided that it was a merciless and ugly face indeed.”
― Sophie's Choice
― Sophie's Choice
“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
“Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
“Every life is organized around a small number of events that either propel us or bring us to a grinding halt. We spend the years between these episodes benefiting or suffering from their consequences until the arrival of the next forceful moment. A man’s worth is established by the number of these defining circumstances he is able to create for himself. He need not always be successful, for there can be great honor in defeat. But he ought to be the main actor in the decisive scenes in his existence, whether they be epic or tragic.”
― Trust
― Trust
“Don’t you want to be alive before you die?”
― All the Light We Cannot See
― All the Light We Cannot See
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