I feel very close to French culture and to the French humanism, which occasionally one finds, even in the highest places. And therefore, all of my books have been written in French.
Elie WieselEvery moment is a moment of grace, every hour an offering; not to share them would mean to betray them.
Elie WieselLook, if I were alone in the world, I would have the right to choose despair, solitude and self-fulfillment. But I am not alone.
Elie WieselI make a difference between genocide and Holocaust. Holocaust was mainly Jewish, that was the only people, to the last Jew, sentenced to die for one reason, for being Jewish, that's all. Genocide is something else. Genocide has been actually codified by the United Nations. It's the intent of killing, the intent of killing people, a community in this culture so forth, but no other people has been really interested.
Elie Wiesel