We were masters of nature, masters of the world. We had forgotten everything--death, fatigue, our natural needs. Stronger than cold or hunger, stronger than the shots and the desire to die, condemned and wandering, mere numbers, we were the only men on earth.
Elie WieselPersonally, as a student who loves words, who loves texts, I am concerned with finding something in the text from within.
Elie WieselEven if people tell me they have historical proof [that it is not historical], that doesn't really bother me.
Elie WieselIf the Book of the Law could be forgotten for so many years, who knows what was done to it during those years? Maybe it was lost later, too. And another one replaced it, and that one is no longer the original text. These are questions that perturb me much more than whether it's history or not history.
Elie Wiesel