Man, by definition, is born a stranger: coming from nowhere, he is thrust into an alien world which existed before him-a world which didn't need him. And which will survive him.

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

The knowledge that I have acquired must not remain imprisoned in my brain. I owe it to many men and women to do something with it. I feel the need to pay back what was given to me. Call it gratitude.

I needed to know that there was such a thing as love and that it brought smiles and joy in its wake.

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.

Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death.