I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.Elie Wiesel
I would suggest that this focus is not political but a normal part of the grieving journey. William Shakespeare, a bereaved father, said, Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'er fraught heart, and bids it break. ... Whoever survives a test, whatever it may be, must tell the story. That is his duty.
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I write to understand as much as to be understood.
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I have not lost faith in God. I have moments of anger and protest. Sometimes I've been closer to him for that reason.
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I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
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The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
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