The Holocaust is not a cheap soap opera. The Holocaust is not a romantic novel. It is something else.
Elie WieselIt all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.
Elie WieselHumanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible.
Elie WieselWhen you die and go to heaven our maker is not going to ask, 'why didn't you discover the cure for such and such? why didn't you become the Messiah?' The only question we will be asked in that precious moment is 'why didn't you become you?'
Elie Wiesel