Once upon a time refugee meant somebody who has a refuge, found a place, a haven where he could find refuge.

But because of his telling, many who did not believe have come to believe, and some who did not care have come to care. He tells the story, out of infinite pain, partly to honor the dead, but also to warn the living - to warn the living that it could happen again and that it must never happen again. Better than one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all. (vi)

And to write is to sow and to reap at the same time.

The Bible is interpreted by the Talmud. Except, in Rabbinic tradition, a Talmudic law has the weight of the Biblical law. Sometimes we say in a prayer, "Blessed are Thou, O God, who has ordered us and commended us," to do something. But you don't find that "something" in the Bible; you find it in the Talmud. So Talmudic law becomes as important as Biblical law.

Warmed-over loves and soups are generally not recommended.

I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.

Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of madness?