Ivan Mihailovic

“Witnessing the blind fury of this mob and seeing them kill before my eyes the Jews who refused to be converted (some out of faith, and others from that pride which can sometimes be perilous), I answered that I would rather be converted than killed, since, in spite of everything, the temporary agony of being is more valuable than the ultimate void of nothingness.”
― Danilo Kiš, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

“If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
― Mark Twain

“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury