For in the end, it is all about memory, its sources and its magnitude, and, of course, its consequences.

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

We didn't really differ [with Frank Moore Cross] because we have the same love of the text. We share that love.

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake.

You’re shaking … so am I. It’s because of Jerusalem, isn’t it? One doesn’t go to Jerusalem, one returns to it. That’s one of its mysteries.

I was 15, not 14, when I was inside there [Auschwitz], 15, and for me both were actually a surprise.