The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it also has become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it. Besides, in Israel, everyone carries a biography deep inside him.
Aharon AppelfeldA person has to be by himself a little bit. We werenโt born in a flock. Togetherness drives me out of my mind.
Aharon AppelfeldI had a feeling that my generation-and me, also-we were naked. We did not belong to anything.
Aharon Appelfeld