Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim.

This is the role of writers: to turn their tears into a story - and perhaps into a prayer.

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

The Holocaust is not a cheap soap opera. The Holocaust is not a romantic novel. It is something else.

Words can be turned into spears. They can be turned into prayers. It's a strange world that you are in. But you deal with words.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness. Not only are we responsible for the memories of the dead, we are responsible for what we do with those memories

Bite your lips, little brother...Don't cry. Keep your anger, your hate, for another day, for later. The day will come but not now...Wait. Clench your teeth and wait.